Published 12:19 IST, September 29th 2020

Virat Kohli world's 4th most marketable athlete, beats Rohit Sharma, Neymar, Mohamed Salah

Indian skipper Virat Kohli was ranked fourth in the 50 Most Marketable (50MM) Athletes list, only below LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

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Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli came out on top against his counterpart Rohit Sharma in a thrilling Dream11 IPL 2020 match that was decided in Super Over on Monday. w Indian captain has pipped Rohit Sharma once again, with Virat Kohli being ranked above Mumbai team captain when it comes to World’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes list. Interestingly, Virat Kohli has also mand to beat household names in world of sport including PSG forward Neymar and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah.

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Virat Kohli makes top 5 of Most Marketable Athletes list

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has topped this year’s 50 Most Marketable (50MM) Athletes, which is powered by Nielsen’s Athlete Marketability Assessment Methodology. list looks at social media data across key data points to rank athletes based on performance and multiple sponsorship-related KPIs such as social media following, content engment, fan base growth over time etc.  objective of list is to help sponsors maximize impact and measure social campaign effectiveness.

With list w in its 11th edition, it is Lionel Messi, Cristia Ronaldo and LeBron James who rounded out top three this year. y were followed by Indian captain Virat Kohli, with Canian tennis star Bianca Andreescu ranked next. Neymar was placed sixth as list h as many as five footballers in top 10, with MMA star Khabib Nurmagomedov placed seventh. Rohit Sharma, Mohamed Salah and Paulo Dybala rounded out top 10.

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How much is Virat Kohli net worth?

Over years, India skipper Virat Kohli has seen both his social media reach and net worth increase massively. cricketer’s overall net worth is estimated to be urds of US$119 million according to multiple reports. Virat Kohli has also me several business investments, with cricketer endorsing several brands as well. 

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Neymar net worth more but Rohit Sharma ranked higher

World’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes has thrown up several surprises. While Roger Federer topped Forbes’ World’s Highest-Paid Athletes list 2020, tennis star is only ranked 35th in Nielsen’s list. Indian batsman Rohit Sharma is ar sports personality who has mand to pip several household names to be ranked eight. Mumbai batsman is ranked above football stars like Neymar and Mohamed Salah. While Investopedia clocks Neymar’s net worth at more than $105 million, Rohit Sharma’s net worth in 2019 was calculated as $18.7 million according to a leing media portal.

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Disclaimer: above Virat Kohli net worth, Neymar net worth and Rohit Sharma net worth information is sourced from various websites and media reports. website does t guarantee a 100% accuracy of figures.

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12:18 IST, September 29th 2020