Shikhar Dhawan retired in 2024 after a stellar cricket career, including an IPL contract worth ₹8.25 crore and lucrative brand endorsements.
Over his remarkable career, Dhawan captained India in limited-overs cricket. The 39-year-old featured in 34 Test matches, 167 One-Day Internationals, and 68 Twenty20 Internationals, accumulating 10,867 runs at the international level. He was part of India’s victorious Champions Trophy squad in 2013, where the Delhi-based opener earned Player of the Tournament honors by dominating the run charts. Dhawan also led India’s run-scoring charts in the ODI World Cup 2015 and Champions Trophy 2017. In the IPL, he amassed 6,768 runs across 221 innings at a batting average of 35.07 and a strike rate of 127.13. Dhawan retired from all forms of international and domestic cricket on August 24, 2024, though he remains active in Legends League events worldwide. During his IPL journey, Dhawan played for five franchises and secured high-value contracts in the league. He holds the record for the first batter to hit back-to-back centuries in the tournament. He stands third on the all-time IPL run-getters list, trailing only Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. With 53 fifties, he has more half-century scores than all but Kohli and David Warner. In his final IPL season, Dhawan earned ₹8.25 crore while playing for Punjab Kings. His last appearance for India came in December 2022. He was part of the BCCI’s central contracts list for the final time during the 2021–22 season, after being downgraded from Grade A to Grade C, which reduced his earnings to ₹1 crore. Until 2018, however, he was receiving ₹7 crore annually from the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Dhawan collaborates with several top-tier brands across industries. His endorsement portfolio includes QUE Eyewear, 1xBat Sporting Lines, MotoGP India, and TagZ Foods. Reports indicate he earns between ₹10 crore and ₹12 crore per year from these partnerships, significantly boosting his overall net worth. Living a lavish lifestyle, Dhawan owns a fleet of luxury vehicles, including a Range Rover Autobiography, a Mercedes-Benz GLS, a BMW M8, a Range Rover Velar, and an Audi A6. He holds multiple real estate assets in Delhi and Mumbai. As an entrepreneur, he founded Yashaa Global Capital, Da One Sports, and the Shikhar Dhawan Foundation. Additionally, he has invested in companies such as UpStox and TagZ Foods. Among his property acquisitions, Dhawan bought a high-end apartment in Gurugram for an estimated ₹69 crore, marking one of the most expensive real estate purchases by an Indian athlete.