You safe Sachin: Adam Gilchrist reacts to INCORRECT claims labelling him as world’s RICHEST cricketer
Adam Gilchrist reacts to fake claims labelling him as world's richest cricketer
Recently, World Index's Twitter handle revealed a list of the world's richest cricketers. Surprisingly, Australia's former opener and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist topped the list with Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and the likes following him.
The claims of Gilchrist being the richest cricketer made heads turnand many portals published it as the development went viral in no time. However, it was soon revealed that his namesake -- who is a prominent businessman in Australia -- is the one of the richest people in his country and former batterGilchrist was mistakenly named as the world's richest cricketer. Gilchrist has now reacted to the news and shared his reaction on Twitter.
Taking to Twitter, Gilchrist hilariously mentioned Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and 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."
Also read:FACT CHECK: Is Aussie legend Adam Gilchrist the richest cricketer in the world? Here's the TRUTH
The report by theCEOWorld Magazine got confused with Gilchrist's namesake, who is an entrepreneur who founded F45, a Texas-based franchisor and operator of fitness centres.
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The list revealed therichest cricketers in the world to be as follows:
Adam Gilchrist: $380m (estimated net worth, incorrect)
Sachin Tendulkar: $170m
MS Dhoni: $115m
Virat Kohli: $112m
Ricky Ponting: $75m
Jacques Kallis: $70m
Brian Lara: $60m
Virender Sehwag: $40m
Yuvraj Singh: $35m
Steve Smith: $30m
Former Aussie opener Gilchristrepresented the national side in as many as96 Tests, 287 ODIs and 13 T20Is where he amassed5570, 9619 and 272 runs respectively. He was part of Australia's golden period where they lifted the ODI World Cup in1999, 2003 and 2007 and also won the 2006 Champions Trophy.