Sreesanth Net Worth

Sreesanth is an Indian cricketer as well as a movie actor who played all formats of the sport. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler as well as a right-handed tail-ender batsman. Sreesanth announced his retirement from Indian domestic cricket in March 2022. He had registered himself at INR 50 Lakhs in the 2022 mega-auction, but the former Indian international found no takers.

At present, domestic cricketers get a match fee of INR 35,000 per match day and share among themselves 10.40% of the BCCI's yearly media rights income.

IPL Salary

Sreesanth made his IPL debut in 2008 with Kings XI Punjab where the team bought him for INR 2.5 crore. He played for the team for three years before moving to Kochi Tuskers Kerala for a whopping price of INR 4.1 crore.

Before his lifetime ban from the BCCI in August 2013, he played a couple of years for Rajasthan Royals. He was bought by the team in 2012 for INR 1.8 crore. After BCCI lifted his ban in 2020, S. Sreesanth registered himself for the Indian Premier League auction, which created a murmur in the cricketing circles. Nevertheless, the speedster from Kerala did not appear in the final auction draft, released by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. However, he registered himself for the 2022 mega-auction, where he eventually went unsold.

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Sreesanth Endorsements

During the peak of his career, the dynamic and budding Indian cricketer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth had bagged contracts from beverage maker, Pepsi, and sports goods company, Nike. These multi-year contracts took Sreesanth's endorsement portfolio to four brands with a yearly sum of INR 35-45 lakh a brand, which kept adding to the Sreesanth net worth.

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Sreesanth Investments

Sreesanth was in talks with multiple directors and filmmakers as he wanted to act in Bollywood as well as Malayalam movies. He was ready to invest in these projects. In December 2021, Sreesanth launched his gamified NFT collection on Blind Boxes.

Sreesanth House

Sreesanth's house is in Edapally, Kochi. Sreesanth’s immovable properties include this residential property worth over INR 5.5 crore in 5.26 acres of land with a built-up area of over 9,000 square feet. He lives there with his wife and kids.

Sreesanth Cars

Before the 2016 elections which Sreesanth contested with the BJP, Sreesanth's net worth stood at INR 7.37 crore, as per the cricketer's official declaration. He is said to own a Jaguar XJL car worth INR 1.18 crore.

Sreesanth’s Other Sources of Income

Sreesanth has worked in Indian reality shows such as Khatron Ke Khiladi, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, and Bigg Boss as well as Hindi and vernacular movies such as Kempe Gowda 2 and Cabaret.

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A Times of India source claimed that the cricketer was the highest-paid contestant at the Bigg Boss house last season, getting more than INR 50 lakh per week.

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Sreesanth Charity

In 2017 former Indian fast bowler S Sreesanth attended an opening ceremony in Oman. The money he received for his presence in the event is said to be entirely donated to India's Blind Cricket team.

Earlier he used to support the blind cricket team in Kerala. He worked with an organisation for the welfare of the deaf and also for the senior citizens.

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FAQs

When did Sreesanth make his Test debut?

The right-arm paceman made his Test debut back in 2006 against England and gave India some much-needed edge in their bowling attack.

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