Top 5 highest earning cricketers

Dhoni,who is regarded as the most successfull Indian Captain and although cricket lags far behind football in terms of money players make,Dhoni's earnings from cricket is similar with famous football players as he makes around 4 Millions through matches fees with Indian team and IPL, as well he makes 25 million dollars from endorsments as he is involved with various brands like Pepsi,TVS,Boost,Lays etc.

Sachin,who is regarded as 'God of Cricket' in India is lagging very far behind Dhoni in terms 'money made' as compared to about 27 million dollars Dhoni makes per year,Tendular only makes about 2/3rd with his average yearly money kitty being just about 18 million dollars.

Kohli,who is treated as next Tendulkar by various indian media and sports fan is 3rd in our list as he has been very impressive in past 2-3 years with average of about 50 from bat in both ODI's as well test for India.He makes around 8 million dollars per year with 5 million coming from endorsments and rest 3 million coming from match fees.

Finally,we see a non Indian batsman in the list in the form of Shane Watson. He players in IPL, Big Bash and gets a lot match fees from central contract with Australian Cricket board as well endorses popular brands like Asics, TAG and Gunn Moore bats etc

Australian Captain who is one of the best batsman in test cricket right now, and he makes round about $5 Million dollars(about 4 million coming from endorsments) in what was is a hafty amound and he also is the face of some big brands like Gillete, Bonds and SPartan sports.

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