Shreyas Iyer celebrates his 27th birthday on December 6, 2021. The stylish Indian batsman has become a household name, thanks to his incredible Test debut performance against New Zealand at Kanpur. Iyer became the 10th Indian player to score a century on Test debut on Indian soil.
He carries an average of 52.18 for his 4,591 runs in 54 first-class cricket and has a strike rate of 81.54. Ever since he arrived on the international circuit, he has been tested with injures.
Nevertheless, he has never backed away and always has made a huge comeback. This commitment made a few top companies approach him to endorse their brands. Let’s have a look at the youngster’s endorsements, net worth and salary:
Endorsements:
Shreyas Iyer had signed with Boat as its brand ambassador. He has been included in the ad campaign with the tagline “Sound of the Champions”. Britannia Bourbon signed a contract with Shreyas Iyer along with his other Indian teammates, Hardik Pandya and Deepak Chahar. The ad celebrates ‘original friendship’. The Mumbai batsman alongside actor Amrya Dastur is associated with an Indian homegrown brand Fresca. The ambition was to be the no.1 fruit drinks brand in India.
The leading sports nutrition company, Myprotein roped in the right-handed batsman as its brand ambassador. The brand’s target was to utilize the cricketer’s strong social media presence to connect with more sports fans and promote the benefits of Myprotein.
BharatPe signed him with a few other cricketers. The campaign which the brand was delivering to the viewers became a huge hit and brought BharatPe 30x growth in its revenue.
IMG Reliance had signed with Shreyas Iyer and handles his commercial interests, brand building with other off-field engagements. The multinational tyre company, CEAT inked a deal with Iyer as its brand ambassador in 2019. The agreement says that the CEAT logo will be permanently featured on the bats used by Shreyas Iyer.
One of GSK’s leading brands in the Health Food Drinks category, Boost invested in Iyer to train young players through an online platform that brings alive its core theme of inspiring kids to “Play A Bigger Game”. Dream11 signed Shreyas Iyer and other famous cricketers and launched an ad campaign showing them playing cricket with neighbourhood friends.
Net Worth:
The net worth of Shreyas Iyer is approximately 5.7 million USD, which is INR 40 crore. The middle-order batsman owns a luxury designer house in Mumbai, India. Moreover, Shreyas Iyer owns multiple real-estate properties across the countries. He is just 27 and has a whole lot to achieve. Going forward, in the upcoming IPL 2022 auction, fans will definitely see him getting a huge fat check.
Charity:
There’s not much about him in this section as the player likes to keep this unnoticed but recently along with MS Dhoni and Arjun Kapoor, he played a football match to raise money for charity.