Team India’s captain Virat Kohli is not only one of the best in the modern cricket, but also one of the most popular Sports Celebrity in the world.
Kohli’s success can be gauged by the fact that the Indian captain is the only cricketer in top ten of the most valuable sportspersons list released by Forbes on Wednesday. Not just that, Kohli has overtaken football superstar Lionel Messi as well and sits two places ahead of him at number seven.
The list is topped by Tennis star Roger Federer followed by American professional basketball player LeBron James and 31-year-old eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt.
In a sense, Kohli’s popularity and power has been captured in the latest list of the world’s most valuable athletes. The brand value of athletes is their earnings (excluding salary and bonus from their sport and all investment income), minus the average income of the top 10 athletes in the same sport.
