Earnings of top 10 wealthiest Indian Cricketers of 2018

#9 KL Rahul- ₹ 16.48 crore

KL Rahul again made to the list of top 100 celebrities

The Karnataka boy Lokesh Rahul was ranked 9th in the list of top 10 highest earning cricketers. He jumped to 59th position in Forbes list of top 100 Indian celebrities -- up 30 places from the 89th place in 2017. There was a rise in the gross revenue of the youngster from ₹ 4.04 crore in 2017 to ₹ 16.48 crore in 2018.

Rahul plays in all three formats for India and thus earns a hefty match fee apart from getting a handsome sum from KXIP, for whom he plays in the IPL. He also earns quite a lot through brand endorsements. Puma, Cure.fit and Gully (owned by KL himself) are some of the brands the youngster is associated with.

In 2018, the 26-year-old scored 468 runs in Tests at a below par average of 22.28 with 149 being his best score and solitary century. However, he was the 3rd highest run-scorer for India in T20s as he made 324 runs which include a century and a half-century.