Top cricketers earned hefty sums from fantasy-gaming tie-ups until recently. Virat Kohli drew around INR 10–12 crore annually from MPL, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni earned about INR 6–7 crore from Winzo, as per reports. Collectively, endorsements across leading players were estimated at INR 150–200 crore a year. With India’s blanket ban on real-money gaming (RMG) in 2025, those contracts have turned from lucrative to legally fraught.

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