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Rohit Sharma’s bat has a CEAT sticker on it, whereas Virat Kohli’s bat has a MRF sticker on it.
After the limited overs series between India and Sri Lanka, Indian players have got 43 days of rest. After this series, now the Indian team has to play a 2 Test match series against Bangladesh. This series will start from 19 September. In the midst of such a non-cricketing season, we are going to tell you an interesting thing about India’s captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
Cricketers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are popular not only in the country but all over the world. Both have a huge fan base. Along with cricket, fans are also curious to know what Rohit and Virat do in their personal lives.
Talking about Rohit Sharma, he is the current captain of India’s Test and ODI team. He has scored more than 19 thousand runs in his career with aggressive batting. His batting is often a topic of discussion. But have you ever paid attention to the bats of these two players?
Rohit Sharma’s bat has a CEAT sticker and Virat Kohli’s bat has a MRF sticker
Rohit’s bat has had a sticker of ‘CEAT’ company on it for years. Seeing this sticker, some questions might come to your mind, such as-
- Do Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli get paid for putting CEAT and MRF stickers on their bats?
- If this is so then how much money do Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli get for putting stickers on their bats?
- Also, for how many years and how many crores is this contract worth? Let’s know the answers to all these questions today.
CEAT is a tyre manufacturing company. The company signed its first contract with Rohit Sharma in 2015. After this, the logo of this company is seen on Rohit’s bat. Rohit Sharma has retired from T20 cricket, but in all other formats, he is seen playing cricket with a bat having ‘CEAT’ sticker. He also plays with the same bat in IPL.
According to reports, ‘CEAT’ company pays Rohit Sharma Rs 4 crore annually for putting stickers on the bat. Usually, both the parties sign a three-year contract and Rohit Sharma would have received a total of Rs 12 crore.
How much money does Virat Kohli get for putting MRF stickers on his bat?
Virat Kohli’s bat has a sticker of tyre manufacturing company ‘MRF’ on it. It is said that Virat gets three times more salary from MRF than Rohit Sharma. That means if Rohit is getting 4 crores per year, then MRF must be giving him around 12 crores per year.
