England skipper Joe Root has pipped Virat Kohli to become the highest-paid skipper of the 2020-21 season. Virat who is one of the highest-paid cricketers in the world is the only Indian sportsperson who featured in the Forbes list in 2020. Kohli acquired the 66th spot with a reported earning of nearly 196 crores. The captain of Team India, Kohli is one of the players with a Grade A+ contract and draws a salary of Rs 7 crore per year. Along with this, he earns 17 crores every year playing the IPL with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
As per The Cricketer.com, those with ECB’s red-ball contracts have a salary of around £700,000 per year (Rs 7.22 crore approx). The amount of Rs 7.22 crore makes England Test captain Joe Root the highest-paid captain. Jofra Archer also earns more than the Indian skipper. Meanwhile, in the Indian team Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah are in the A+ contract and playing all three formats.
Joe Root Beats Virat Kohli To Becoming Highest-Paid Captain
The report in The Cricketer also states that England’s white-ball players earn roughly £170,000 (Rs 1.753 crore). Talking of Indian players, those with Grade A contracts have a salary of Rs 5 crore while those in Grade B draw a salary of Rs 3 crore. The players in Grade C are paid Rs 1 crore.
The Indian team is currently in Mumbai undergoing their mandatory quarantine period before flying off to the UK for the WTC final and the subsequent England Test series.
The WTC final will be played from June 18-22 after which the Test series against England starts from August 4. The ICC World Test Championship final will be Virat Kohli’s maiden ICC trophy if he wins it. However, they have a more than competitive team in New Zealand who are better adept at playing in the given conditions in the UK.
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