Rs 2,25,000 is how much Parthiv Patel earns per one-day international even if he is on the bench, counting just match and logo fees.
Rs 1,01,00,000 was how much Anil Kumble told the bcci that Debashish Mohanty earned a year—and that when he was hardly ever in the playing eleven.
Rs 30,000 is how much a Ranji player will earn per match after the possible pay revision.
Rs 1,250 is the daily allowance of an Indian hockey player.
Rs 10,000-13,000 is what it costs to attend sometime India wicketkeeper Chandrakant Pandit's coaching school for a year.
"Sachin Tendulkar is a national treasure. We feel a product like toothpaste does not go with his image anymore."
– Samir Singh, WorldTel
"Before Harbhajan signed up with Sporting Frontiers, he called me up from Jalandhar and said, 'What do I do? These guys have given me a big cheque and are asking me to sign'. I told him, 'They are not giving you the money because they think you are worth it. They are a foreign company hoping to get a foothold in India'."
– Shailendra Singh, Percept D'Mark
"In the ’80s and early ’90s, many players demanded 50 per cent in black. Many players were not trustworthy. In 1986-87, we got two Rs 1 lakh contracts for a former Indian captain. The next year when a company approached the cricketer directly, he cut us out of the deal. But when the contract was not renewed the following year, he asked me to help. When the help was not coming, he told me, "The next time you come to Wankhede, you will be bashed up".
– Sumedh Shah, PMG
"We appreciate Laxman's ethical concerns. We believe he will captain the Indian side one day and so we want to builda certain image around him".
– Steve Smith, Sporting Frontiers chief commenting on Laxman's refusal to endorse an alcohol brand.
Sometime in the ’80s, Kapil Dev signed up with two rival bat companies, one of whom went to court—with no great success.
During the 2001 tour of Zimbabwe, Indian cricketers complained that their laundry expenses were eating into their daily allowance. They requested BCCI to persuade the Zimbabwe Cricket Union to pick up the bills. When the Zimbabweans had visited India earlier, the hosts had given them free laundry. For the record, the Indians didn't win the series against Zimbabwe. The 17-year hope of winning a Test series overseas remains a dream. Virender Sehwag's Rs 25 lakh deal with Sporting Frontiers was not signed because Steve Waugh, who has a stake in the company, felt "the boy won't last long".
2 bats are what Chandu Borde got in his day for agreeing to endorse Challenge Bats.
Rs 2,000 was what off-spinner S. Venkataraghavan got in 1971 to endorse Phillips cycles.
Rs 1,00,00,000 was the minimum guarantee that the Collage Group gave Virender Sehwag in 2001, for a three-year period.
Rs 50,00,000 was the worth of Sachin's Visa deal in 1995-96—his first major endorsement. He refused to take any part of the payment in black because, as he told Sunil Gavaskar's Professional Management Group, 'my father told me not to do such things'.
Rs 1,00,000 a year was the worth of a one-year corporate contract bagged by Dilip Vengsarkar in 1986-87.
Point to ponder: Why is it always the Indian and seldom the Australian who spouts into the mike while accepting the Man of the Match award that he did it for his "country".
