The cricket world was recently taken by surprise by a tweet posted by a popular Twitter handle named The World Index. The handle shared a list of top 10 richest cricketers on Tuesday (March 15) and triggered a massive debate on the social media platform.
The list mentioned legendary Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist as the richest cricketer in the world ahead of the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and others. It stated that Gilchrist is the richest cricketer in the world with a net worth of approximately $380 million.
Tendulkar was second in the list, followed by MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Adam Gilchrist’s legendary compatriot Ricky Ponting. The tweet claimed that Tendulkar’s net worth is $170 million, $110 million less than Gilchrist’s. Unsurprisingly, the cricketing fraternity was shocked with the ‘revelation’.
Adam Gilchrist breaks silence:
With the cricketing world seeking answers after the tweet from The World Index, Adam Gilchrist himself decided to end all the confusion. The former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman, on Thursday, took to Twitter to respond to the claim of him being the richest cricketer in the world.
Adam Gilchrist confirmed that it was a case of mistaken identity as not him but his namesake who has such a huge net worth. The tweet mistakenly mentioned F45 founder Adam Gilchrist’s net worth instead of the former cricketer’s. F45 is a chain of fitness centres around the world.
F45 founder and CEO Gilchrist came into the limelight when he earned around $500 million in 2022 and floated his company on the New York Stock Exchange. Coming to cricketer Gilchrist’s tweet, he came up with a hilarious post as he wrote:
“A case of mistaken identity here folks. Unless of course my namesake who founded F45 played cricket, in which case it’s completely accurate ? #doyourresearch #fakenews #yasafesachin”
A case of mistaken identity here folks. Unless of course my namesake who founded F45 played cricket, in which case it’s completely accurate ? #doyourresearch #fakenews #yasafesachin https://t.co/fZi1AotQjq
— Adam Gilchrist (@gilly381) March 15, 2023
Well, Adam Gilchrist might not be the richest cricketer in the world but he is definitely one of the greatest-ever wicketkeeper-batsmen to have played the game. In his illustrious career, he played 96 Tests, 287 ODIs, and 13 T20 Internationals and scored 5570, 9619, and 272 runs respectively. He was a part of the Australian team that won the ODI World Cup in 1999, 2003, and 2007.
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