Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Dhoni is the highest paid Model in India

No one can match the celebrity status that a circket-team captain enjoys in India, not even kings and badshas and sultans of bollywood.

When a brand is looking for a face, and has liberty to spend millions, they will reach for the captain. Its official, Dhoni is the biggest and the costliest talent in India.

Dhoni has signed an endorsement deal with a sports management company for whooping Rs. 210 Crores for 3 years, which is Rs. 70 Cr per year. The management company is Rhiti Sports which was founded six years ago and was unknown before signing Dhoni. Rhiti Sports also manages the endorsements of two other India cricketers, R.P. Singh and Harbhajan Singh.

Dhoni reportedly charges up to Rs 6 crore (Rs 60 million) an endorsement a year and is associated with 24 leading brands like PepsiCo, Reebok and Godrej. Dhoni was last year ranked the world's highest-earning cricketer by Forbes Magazine, with earnings of about $11m, in a list dominated by Indian players.

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