Dubai: It's official now: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has dislodged Little Master Sachin Tendulkar as the world's top earning cricketer.
According to the list of the world's top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes magazine, Dhoni now occupies the top spot with earnings of $10 million (Dh36.73 million) over the last 12 months - a period in which Tendulkar raked in $8 million.
The list also includes three other cricketers from the Indian sub-continent - third-placed Yuvraj Singh and fourth-placed Rahul Dravid. Retired Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting are tied at sixth place.
Singh earned $5.5 million while Dravid and Ganguly raked in $5 million and $3.5 million, respectively. Ponting earned $3.5 million.
"Paycheque figures include club and national team salaries and commercial endorsement income over the last 12 months," Forbes said.
This could be a matter of pride for the Mindscapes Group, which had been handling Dhoni's portfolio for the last two years.
"We have reached such a situation that over the last couple of months, we have had to say no to a number of prospective clients. The credit is entirely his and our team is extremely happy about it," Yudhajit Dutta, director of the group, said.
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