Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli has become the face of many big brands in the industry. He is among the highest-paid cricketers in the world and his brand value just keeps increasing every year. He has been featured in many big commercials.
The 32-year-old was featured in Forbes’s top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world, he was ranked in 66th position. Also The Indian captain Kohli is the only Indian on that list.
Virat Kohli is considered one of the batsmen in the world at this point and there is no doubt he will go down in history as one of the all-time greats. He has A+ contracts of BCCI and a 17 crore contract of RCB. His estimated net worth is around INR 688 Crores.
Here are the 5 Best Commercials Kohli has featured:
1. Nestlé Munch Ad
Nestle Munch always delivers some hilarious commercials and keeps the fans entertained, one of them included Virat Kohli. The commercial featuring the current Indian captain was dropped way back in February 2013.
Virat Kohli was dressed as a Tamilian in the ad. The story of the ad started when a fictional character gave birth to a child who resembles Kohli. When the child grew up he exactly looked like Kohli but lacked the cricketing skills, that’s why he was rejected by the local team.
However, things changed quickly when with the power of ‘Crunch of Munch’ he helped his colony team to avoid a third consecutive loss. Soon the boy was considered Lucky charm and was added to the team. This featuring by the Indian skipper is one of the funniest commercials by cricketers.
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2. Manyavar Ad
Manyavar is a high-profile clothing company that provides ethenic outfits, especially for the wedding season.
The Manyavar ad is amongst the most popular ad ever done by Virat Kohli. One of the reasons behind the immense popularity of this commercial is featuring of his wife Anushka Sharma. The couple shared the news of marriage back in December 2017. However, the ad also was released in the same year on 20 October.
The commercial starts with Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma looking at a couple get married. After that Anushka asked what promises they might be giving to each other to which Virat Kohli gave many cute replies in which Anushka also gave him company. This commercial has already crossed the 8 million view mark on YouTube.
3. Puma Ad
Puma is one of the most popular brands in the world. It is mainly known for its footwear and clothing in the industry. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli signed a rupees 100 crore deal with Puma back in 2017.
The Puma commercial was dropped in may 2019 and it has already crossed 34 million views on the platform. The great thing about the ad was it was not a typical tv ad it was more like a song. Adding to it, The commercial featured Rapper DIVINE and Indian skipper Virat Kohli and fans loved the #SockThem combo.
At the beginning of the ad, Kohli was doing the gesture, which indicated that his bat speaks for himself and the commentator said – “Let the bat do the talking “. Kohli was also seen doing some moves in the video.
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4. Fastrack Ad
Fastrack is one of the top watch manufacturing companies in the world. It is mainly known for its Fashion accessories like Watches, Sunglasses, Bags, Belts, Wallets & Perfumes. Also, Fastrack is an Indian company.
In 2011 Fastrack released a series of commercials involving Genelia D’Souza (now Deshmukh) and Virat Kohli. The ads were regarding the promotion of the company’s Fastrack bags.
Meanwhile, the commercial was mainly romantic and quite normal to be fair to both. However one of the ads in the series faced a lot of criticism from fans. In that commercial Kohli played the role of Pilot and Genelia was air-hostess, the plot was air-hostess starts seducing the pilot and they start making love in mid-air.
The video ended with the caption ” Why the world moved on to auto-pilot.
5. Pepsi Ad
Pepsi is arguably the most famous soft drink brand in the world. The brand Pepsi has been continuously dominating the soft drinks market over the years. Although now it has many competitions in the market, it always brings something new to stay on top.
The commercial was once again very funny & at the time of its release, it became very popular. The ad was filled with the star power of Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, and Virat Kohli. Adding to it the tagline of the ad was ‘ Live it Abhi ‘.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli ended his multi-crore deal with the brand back in 2017.
“I want to give something to people that I use, myself. One of the reasons, I decided not to sign Pepsi is that I have undergone a lifestyle change. And, I am not using that product anymore,” Kohli said.
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