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A stylish cricketer both on and off the field
The current Indian Test captain is one of the hottest cricketers around and is quite a sensation among girls of the modern generation. He has been a prolific run scorer for India across all formats and has been their mainstay in the middle order. The Delhi lad has already hit 25 ODI centuries in his career so far and it won’t be a surprise if goes on to break all batting records by the time he calls it a day.
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Kohli is someone who is known to make huge income from endorsements, estimated to be around INR 17 crore. He evidently charges Rs. 2 crore per day for any campaign. The brands have the option of either hiring him on a daily basis or sign a yearly contract with him.
“Kohli signs contracts for about 3 days with per day charge of Rs. 2 crore, equivalent to cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar. Brands utilizes those three days in photo shoots, press briefings along with other appearances,” said a brand consultant who negotiates with Kohli’s brand manager on behalf of advertisers. Kohli is currently the ambassador of many popular brands and some of them are Reebok, Cinthol Deo, Godrej, Head and Shoulders, etc.
Kohli led the India U-19 team to a famous World Cup victory in 2007 and was subsequently bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the inaugural IPL. Since then there has been no looking back for Kohli. He is also an active member on the social networking sites and keeps his fans updated with his latest whereabouts.
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Arya Sekhar Chakraborty
Arya is a cricket journalist with around 8 years of experience who writes informative listicles and is in charge of text commentary at Sportskeeda. He is a graduate in Journalism, Psychology, and English, and has previously worked for websites such as CricTracker, SportzWiki, Cricket Addictor, Cricfit, OneCricket, and Cricket Exchange. His vast experience has led him to know the pulse of his readers and he cross-checks information from a number of credible sources before writing a single word for their sake.
A former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U14 and U16 player, Arya's tryst with cricket began after watching Sachin Tendulkar in action during his childhood. He is an ardent fan of Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to Tendulkar's initial involvement and also bleeds blue for his national team. He is an admirer of Test cricket as he feels the red-ball format teaches one about every facet of life.
Arya, who feels ODIs should not be completely replaced with T20Is owing to the former's pacing and charm, would like to go back in time to 1998 and watch the Master Blaster in action. He has experience in interviewing a few Bengali cricketers such as Kazi Junaid Saifi, Shib Shankar Pal, Sayan Ghosh and Prayas Ray Barman. He has also translated a couple of Bengali cricket books, and made Indian Premier League (IPL) pre-match videos.
He likes to spend time with his family and binge on web series during his spare time.