Lucknow Super Giants mentor and former India batter Gautam Gambhir has been India’s one of the best openers. Having announced his retirement from cricket in 2018, Gambhir is now an active politician and a commentator apart from his IPL role. According to CA Knowledge, Gambhir’s net worth in 2023 is a whopping INR 250 crore.
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Gambhir comes from a very stable family background. His father, Deepak Gambhir, is a renowned textile businessman. The southpaw last played in Indian Premier League in 2018 when Delhi Capitals (then Daredevils) bought him for a price of INR 2.8 crore.
In 2019, Gambhir won Lok Sabha Elections with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) from East Delhi constituence. He won the seat by a record margin as well. However, a lot of critics have criticized Gambhir’s participation in cricketing activities despite holding a political position.
Gautam Gambhir Net Worth
Gambhir saw a fair bit of success in his cricketing career and cricketers do earn a huge sum in India. As mentioned earlier, Gambhir’s net worth in rupees 2023 amounts to (approx) INR 250 crore (around $32 million). Gambhir’s net worth is more than some of active cricketers like Ajinkya Rahane.
Financial Express once released a report in 2019 where Gambhir disclosed his movable assets worth more than Rs 116 crore along with immovable assets valued at Rs 28 crore.
In 2011, Kolkata Knight Riders bought the services of Gautam for a price of INR 12.5 crore and he stayed with the franchise till 2017. He is currently mentoring Lucknow in the tournament and earns around INR 3.5 crore per IPL season from the franchise.
Gambhir owns a luxurious house in Old Rajinder Nagar in New Delhi and its value is around INR 20 crore. He owns multiple real estate properties around the country but the exact details of them are not known.
Gambhir is not a fan of sports bikes and there is no information about him owning the same in the public forum. However, he has some posh cars in his garage. Talking about Gambhir’s car collection, he has a Porsche 911, a BMW X5, and an Audi Q7. The worth of his cars is said to be around INR 5 crore.
The former KKR captain has a commentary contract with Star Sports. Recently, Gambhir has been seen playing in different cricket tournaments featuring retired cricketers as well. So, Gambhir has a lot of different income streams despite not playing the game at the highest level.
Buying expensive watches is a thing now a thing amongst the cricketers but there is no news about Gambhir owning any of them.
Gautam Gambhir Lok Sabha MP Salary
As an elected Member of Parliament, Gambhir gets around INR 70,000 per month. Apart from constitutional allowances of INR 45,000 per month, there are daily allowances as well if he signs the Lok Sabha register.
