Top Cricketers' earnings over 60 years .............

1950s   Playing Fee per Test Rs. 250 Brand endorsements: None, except G. S. Ramchand, the first cricketer to endorse a brand. But he was paid no cash for his modeling.   1960s   Playing Fee per Test Rs. 400. Brand endorsements: Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi for jewellery, Taj Mahal Tea. Farokh Engineer, who got Rs.25 for Brylcream ad.   1970s   Test Fee Rs. 500 - 700. ODIs Rs. 500 per match. Brand Endorsements: Sunil Gavaskar, Eknath Solkar for Philips cycles. An ad fetched roughly Rs. 2,000.00   1980s   PLAYING FEE PER TEST RS.7,500.00 ODIs Rs. 5,000 per match Brand Endorsements: Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev for BSA SLR cyccles, Palmolive cream. An ad fetched about Rs.3,000.00   1990s   Playing fee per Test Rs. 3 lakh ODIs Rs.50,000 per match. Brand Endorsement: Kapil Dev, Sachin for Boost, Hero Honda. An ad fetched about Rs.50,000.   2000s   Annual Contract:   Grade A Rs. 1 crore Grade B Rs. 50 lakh Grade C Rs. 25 lakh   Playing fee per Test Rs. 4 - 7 lakh ODIs Rs. 1.8 - 4 lakh T20 Rs. 1 - 2lakh   Brand Endorsements:   Sachin Tendulkar Rs.180 crore deal with Iconic in 2006. M.S.Dhoni Rs.210 crore deal with Rhiti Sports Management in 2010.   RUN MACHINES OR MONEY MACHINES??   M. S. DHONI   BCCI annual contract Rs.1 crore Match fee Rs.1.86 crore Endorsements Rs. 150 crore from 23 brands IPL Rs. 9 crore   SACHIN TENDULKAR   BCCI annual contract Rs. 1 crore Match fee Rs. 85 lakh Endorsements Rs. 60 crore from 17 brands. IPL Rs. 9 crore   GAUTAM GAMBHIR   BCCI annual contract Rs.1 crore Match fee Rs. 94 lakh Endorsements Rs. 5 crore from three brands. IPL Rs.11 crore