Sourav Ganguly Net Worth, Salary and Endorsements
Sourav Ganguly Net Worth: Sourav Ganguly, fondly referred to as “Dada” is one of the most prolific cricketers that the world has ever seen. Born on July 8, 1972, in Kolkata to the one of the richest family in Kolkata, Dada lived a very sophisticated and lavish life. At the age of 20, Ganguly started his career in test cricket and was the third person to score a century in their debut match in Lords. He is seen as one stand out amongst other players and veteran captain of the Indian national team. He is viewed as the “God of Off-Side”, for his excellent batting style of playing on the Off-side. This left-handed batsman is a natural right-handed man but he turned out to be so to utilize his sibling’s cricket gear. Ganguly got his passion for cricket from his elder brother Snehasish. He is also lovingly known as the Prince of Kolkata and Bengal Tiger because of the way he attacks a ball.
At the age of 28, Ganguly was assigned as the captain of the Indian Team and has been considered as one the greatest captain in the Indian cricket history. He started his career in International cricket against West Indies in an ODI match held in Brisbane on January 11, 1992. Sourav Ganguly holds the record as the 8th highest run-scorer in the ODIs and is also the 3rd batsman in the history to cross 10,000 run landmark after Sachin Tendulkar and Inzamam Ul Haq. He is widely known as one the most successful Test captains to date by winning 21 tests out of 49 tests he captained. He also led India into the 2003 World Cup finals. Ganguly is also known for his award-winning opening partnership with Sachin Tendulkar. It is his these accomplishments that have now expanded his total assets and it is for this diligent work that even after his retirement that he can live such a sumptuous life. Sourav Ganguly might have retired from all the international forms of cricket but still, he has earned a sum of money with his extra innings on television. Ganguly was born into an upper-middle-class family of Kolkata. His family is still considered as one of the richest families of Kolkata.
Sourav Ganguly Montly Income From IPL & BCCI
Sourav Ganguly Net Worth: Currently Ganguly is the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal BCCI President and one of the four members of the governing council of Indian Premier League and responsible for all functions of the tournament. He is also the head of the Technical Committee of the Indian Premier League.
Although Ganguly has retired from all forms of cricket but his net worth is much more than some of the active playing cricketers. Sourav Ganguly’s net worth is around $55.5 Million which includes his BCCI salary and the money from his endorsements.
Sourav Ganguly House Information
Sourav Ganguly House: Sourav Ganguly owns an affluent house in which he was born. He now resides in the same house which he has remodeled to accommodate more people and to add a bit of modernity to it. The huge house with an inbuilt cricket field to enable him to practice. The house is full of antiques and memories that are too close to his heart. Besides this parental home, Ganguly also owns a luxury home which he brought it for 7 Crore. Ganguly owns many branded cars like BMW, AUDI, Mercedes Benz, out of which some were gifted to him by the sponsors. Ganguly was even very much interested in bikes and own 2 sophisticated Superbikes.
Another source of Ganguly’s income was from the Indian Premier League. He joined as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders, a team owned by Shahrukh Khan in February 2008. He was brought by the team in the auction with an amount of $1.1 million, which is quite a huge sum of money for a former cricket player. Sourav Ganguly took retirement from IPL on 29th October 2012 but he is still closely associated with the game giving commentaries and his reviews regarding the matches.
Sourav Ganguly Net Worth & Brand Endorsements
Sourav Ganguly is closely associated with many endorsement brands and is part of 11 brand endorsements. He is the brand ambassador of the DTDC campaign and earns more than 1 crore from it. He is even the brand ambassador of Puma, Essilor lens, Tata Tetley and Senco Gold and he earns more than 1 crore from each of these brands. The list doesn’t end here he is even associated with Complan, Cycle Pure Agarbathes, and many housing projects. Ganguly is even part of any sports club and enterprise. He is also the co-owner of Videocon Cricket School, Kolkata.
Ganguly is the co-owner of the Indian Super League (ISL) side Atletico de Kolkata. Though retired holds a key position and draws a handsome salary like a full-time employee which is equal to more than 10 lakh per year. Another of Ganguly’s smart of income comes from the reality show Dadagiri Unlimited, which is a Bengali reality language quiz show like Kaun Banega Crorepati, which was hosted by the revolutionary actor Amitabh Bachan. Dadagiri is a popular reality show that airs thrice a week for one and a half hours from 9:30 to 11:00. This show broadcasts on the Zee Bangla channel and Ganguly gets quite a lump some money from this show.
Ganguly is one of the highest-paid retired players. He earns more than the other retired players. The whole world has a watch on him and his actions for which he gets 30% more than the other cricketers. He even earns money from his social accounts on which he posts regularly, helping him to earn some more with the help of these new social media.
Although Ganguly hasn’t officially released his net income, their speculation that he earns around 20 Lakh in Indian currency per day, which is around 7 Crore monthly and 80 Crore annually. He ranks among the top ten richest players around the globe. Ganguly’s achievement isn’t just confined to money only, he is a Padma Shree winner, which is India’s fourth-highest civilian honors. Ganguly is also closely related to many charity works and he works really hard for the upliftment of the society and most importantly guiding people to play cricket as well.
