Even though most Americans have no idea how the game is played and probably couldn't name a single star player, cricket is truly one of the most prevalent sports in the world. In fact, it could be claimed that cricket is the second most popular sport in the world in terms of TV viewership behind soccer. That stat is especially true when India happens to be playing in the International Cricket Council's World Cup. The 2011 ICC World Cup final match between India and Sri Lanka was watched by an appraised 400 million people. That's four times the number of people who watch the average American Super Bowl. Well, it turns out the World Cup final was actually the second most viewed match of the competition. When India played Pakistan in the semi-finals, an estimated one billion people tuned in around the world! That's enough to make the semi-final match the most viewed television event of 2011, by a few hundred million people.
When measuring popularity, it definitely doesn't hurt that cricket is the number one sport in India which has a population of 1.2 billion. Cricket is also enormously popular in Pakistan (population 175 million) Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Bermuda and many other countries around the globe. Bombay-born Sachin Tendulkar is basically the Michael Jordan of the cricket. He is widely measured one of the best batsman of all time, and potentially the best overall cricketer in history. Sachin and the other top players are global superstars who have literally hundreds of millions of fans and huge commendation deals that put them in line with some of the highest paid athletes on the planet. So how much are the top cricketers making.1. MS Dhoni
Netwoth $30 million ($3.5 million salary, $26.5 million endorsements)2. Sachin Tendulkar
Netwoth $20 million ($2 million salary, $18 million endorsements)3. Virat Kohli
Netwoth $9 million ($3 million salary, $9 million endorsements)4. Virender Sehwag
Netwoth $7 million ($3 million salary, $4 million endorsements)5. Gautam Gambhir
Netwoth $8 million ($4 million salary, $4 million endorsements)6. Shane Watson
Netwoth $6 million (Australian, $3 million base, $3 million endorsements)7. Michael Clarke
Netwoth $5 million (Australian, $3 million base, $2 million endorsements)8. Brett Lee
Netwoth $5 million (Australian, $2 million base, $3 million endorsements)9. Ricky Ponting
Netwoth $4 million (Australian, $2 million base, $2 million endorsements)10. Yusuf Pathan
Netwoth $3.9 million ($3.3 base salary, $300 thousand endorsements)
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