NEW DELHI, May 9: Nine Indian cricketers including skipper Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid earned over Rs 7.7 million each from logo money, tour fees and prize money during the World Cup in South Africa.

The total earnings of 15-member team and support staff ammounted to a whopping Rs 114.6 million from the tournament, Sports Minister Vikram Verma told Rajya Sabha Friday quoting information from the Cricket Board.

Other six players — Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Dinesh Mongia and Javagal Srinath — got Rs 77,29,862 each from these sources while spinner Harbhajan Singh made Rs 76,77,662.

Left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra and leg spinner Anil Kumble’s earnings were Rs 76,25,462 and Rs 73,12,262 respectively.

Three players — Sanjay Bangar, Parthiv Patel and Ajit Agarkar — all of whom did not feature even in a single match in the World Cup, got Rs 71,55,662 each.

While the tour fees for all players was Rs 2.5 million each, every cricketer got Rs 30,76,612.50 towards prize money.—PPI