India's richest cricketer has net worth of over Rs 200000000000 and stays in the biggest private mansion in th world. Even Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma had once rented his Mumbai apartment. Published: October 8, 2024 9:10 AM IST By Edited by Cricket is one of the richest sports in the country and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are without a doubt the richest cricketing body in the world.
It is no surprise that the richest cricketer in the world hails from India but people will be surprised that it is not Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni or Sachin Tendulkar or even current skipper Rohit Sharma. The richest Indian cricketer is actually a royal family member – Samarjitsinh Ranjitsinh Gaekwad – who has net worth of over Rs 20,000 crore way ahead of Sachin Tendulkar’s Rs 1,427 crore and MS Dhoni’s 932 crore net worth. Samarjitsinh was born on April 25, 1967 to the royals Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad and Shubhanginiraje’s family in Baroda.
He owns the biggest private mansion in the world – the Laxmi Vilas Palace. He did his schooling from the prestigious ‘Doon School’ and went on to represent Baroda in six first-class matches between 1987 and 1989. He scored 119 runs in his career with a best of 65 runs.
Samarjitsinh and his uncle Sangramsinh Gaekwad resolved a long-standing inheritance battle in 2013 and Samarjitsinh took ownership of Laxmi Vilas Palace. He received inheritance funds totaling more than Rs 20,000 crores. Apart from the luxurious Laxmi Vi.