Australian captain Steve Smith is the highest-paid captain in world cricket, earning ₹9.5 crore per year as salary, ₹3 crore over Virat Kohli's salary earnings, a survey by an ESPN magazine revealed. Smith's salary is over 17 times more than the lowest-earning captain Zimbabwe's Graeme Cremer. However, Kohli, with earnings from IPL and endorsements is currently the richest cricketer.