Well a fundamental reason for richness is “are you able to leverage”. Take the case of a school teacher (or a doctor). The school teacher or the doctor do a far greater service for humanity than cricketers – so how come they are paid so less?

Well doctors and teachers cannot leverage. We can reach say X number of patients per year, but when Virat Kohli bats about 2 crore people are watching – assuming each guy pays Rs. 1 per day, even that it is a huge amount of money. However read on…and see the video too…

http://www.subramoney.com/2018/01/22844/?frame-nonce=c2409e053c 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Hy_2vZxhA 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbJAMMJ8Yo