Virat Kohli is still one of the highest paid athletes

Virat Kohli is having a bad phase with the bat for quite a while now. Since the Indian T20 League 2022, he has struggled to score a fifty, let alone a century. Back in 2020 and 2021, he was getting scoring half-centuries, but never reached the three figures. This year, he has only scored fifty four times across all forms of the game.

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These days, he has been heavily criticized by a lot of former Indian players. Kapil Dev had even asked for him to be dropped from the T20I team. However, these things have had no impact on his earnings from Instagram posts. As a matter of fact, it has increased one and a half times than before.

According to Hooper's Instagram Rich List 2022, Kohli charges a whopping INR 8.69 crore in exchange for one sponsored post. Earlier, he used to charge five and a half crores per post a few months. In other words, the former India skipper can buy a Kothi at his new fees, in his home city, Delhi. It wouldn't be an understatement to say that his fan following of 209 million is the reason for his increase in his Instagram income.

Talking about the list, he is the 14th-highest paid celebrity and the third highest sportsperson. He is only behind the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Portugal star, charges Rs 19.15Cr for one post and is the highest earner from Instagram. On the other hand, Argentina great Messi pockets Rs 14.20Cr for a paid post.

Apart from them, David Beckham, who has retired from football for a long-2 time, earns 397000 USD per post. Talking about the list, it includes celebrities, sportspersons, and influencers. Hooper's list consists of top-100 famous personalities who earn the highest. Tennis Star Serena Williams also featured in the list. She earns $ 97,000 per Instagram post and is in the 90th spot. Kohli's great friend, AB de Villiers is on the 76th spot as he gets $ 97,000 per post.