5 Indian cricketers and their salaries as government job holders

Cricket in India tends to open doors much wider than the ropes around the field—numerous players have used on‑field achievements to build stable government careers.  Each player maintains or maintains to juggle training, travel and shift duty, showing how contemporary sportspersons can prepare for life on as well as off the field. Five of them who balance or balanced international stardom with regular paychecks from public service are listed below, along with the salaries their government jobs entail.

1. KL Rahul – Reserve Bank of India Assistant Manager

KL Rahul has taken enormous leaps in the Indian Cricket team, revealing an entirely new variety of shots, remaining cool under difficult circumstances, and assisting the team in emerging victorious. He was interested in banking as well as finance, and therefore opted to give it a try. In 2018, KL Rahul joined the RBI as an Assistant Manager on the sports quota, a step aimed at ushering in young talent to the central bank.

RBI Assistants receive a minimum remuneration of ₹20,700 per month, which—once dearness allowance, house rent allowance and other benefits are factored in—brings their gross remuneration to approximately ₹47,849 a month and represents close to ₹40,000 in‑hand every month. For Rahul, this had brought financial stability off-season, even while he continued to score runs for India and his IPL side.  

2. Umesh Yadav – Assistant Manager, Reserve Bank of India

Umesh Yadav, the fast bowler, took a similar route in July 2017 to land an RBI Assistant Manager position in Nagpur. His salary scale is the same as that of other RBI Assistants—initial basic pay of ₹20,700 and a gross total package of ₹47,849 per month, with take-home salary fluctuating around ₹40,000 after deduction. That job has provided Yadav a stable income buffer whenever his run-heavy overs require a respite.

3. Joginder Sharma – Deputy Superintendent of Police, Haryana

Joginder Sharma's last over in the 2007 T20 World Cup final made him a hero—and a DSP appointment in Haryana Police that October. A DSP's salary band in terms of the 7th Pay Commission ranges from ₹53,100 to ₹1,67,300 basic monthly. Adding dearness, housing and other allowances, his gross income likely hovers around ₹85,000–₹90,000 a month, with in‑hand amounts around ₹65,000–₹70,000. That government job has given Sharma a secure second innings after retiring from cricket.

4. Yuzvendra Chahal – Income Tax Inspector, Central Board of Direct Taxes

Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal became an Income Tax Department Inspector in February 2018—once again through sports quota—and fitting into Pay Level 7. Inspectors have a basic pay of ₹44,900 that grows to a gross salary of about ₹75,000–₹80,000 a month if allowances are included, with an in-hand take-home in the ₹60,000–₹65,000 bracket. Chahal's double act keeps him busy on the field and at a desk.

5. Sachin Tendulkar – Nominated Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Although now retired, Sachin Tendulkar swapped cricket whites for parliamentary garb when he was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2012—a term that ended in 2018. Today, MPs are paid ₹1.24 lakh per month (increased from ₹1 lakh in 2018), with an additional ₹2,500 daily allowance for each sitting day of Parliament. Tendulkar's election was a national privilege, and the monthly allowance placed him at par with senior government officials.

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