Ravi Shastri salary in rupees: How much does the Indian cricket coach earns per year?

Dixit Bhargav | 09/09/2019
Ravi Shastri salary in rupees: How much does the Indian cricket coach earns per year?

Ravi Shastri salary in rupees: The coach of the Indian cricket team has earned a hike after being reappointment last month.

Former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri had been reappointed as the coach of the Indian cricket team last month. Shastri pinned down other contenders on the back of his know-how of the contemporary Indian players and impressive record during his last tenure.

At the time of Shastri’s appointment, India had won a praiseworthy 45 matches to go with only 15 losses. In 37 T20Is, India had once again done well with 25 victories and 11 defeats. While India are the No. 1 Test team at the moment, they are at No. 2 and No. 4 in ODIs and T20Is respectively.

Ravi Shastri salary in rupees

If reports in Mumbai Mirror are to be believed, Shastri is all set to receive a 20% hike in his annual CTC. Shastri, who in his previous term used to earn INR 8 crore per year, is now expected to earn in vicinity of the 10-crore mark as the coach of the Indian cricket team.

Having started with the manager of the Indian team in 2007, Shastri has over the years played the role of Team Director and Head Coach (twice). Shastri’s current contract will last till the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 to be played in India.

The report further hinted a hike in salaries of the other members of the support staff of the Indian cricket team as well. While bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar are expected to earn around Rs 3.5 crore each, the newly-appointed batting coach Vikram Rathour will get an yearly salary between Rs 2.5 crore to Rs 3 crore.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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