Navjot Sidhu Net Worth in 2025: How much is the earnings from commentary?

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Navjot Singh Sidhu (aged 51) is a retired Indian Cricketer who is now a commentator, TV personality, and politician of the Indian National Congress. Earlier, he was also the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs in Punjab. All of these factors will contribute to calculating Navjot Sidhu’s net worth in 2025.

Sidhu had a cricketing career that lasted for nearly 19 years. ‘Sixer Sidhu’ was the title he got for his explosive batting. After losing the spot in the national team after his debut in international cricket in 1983–84, he came back to play four half-centuries in the 1987 World Cup.

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Sidhu’s career stats in cricket:

MatchesRunsHighest ScoreAverage50s100sFormat
513,20220142.13159Tests
1364,413134*37.08336ODIs
1579,57128644.315027First-Class
2057,18613941.775510List A

His commentary career commenced in the year 2001. The first ever match that he commented on was between India and Sri Lanka. Sidhu is popularly known for his one-liners and the shayaris he uses. The people have given it the name “Sidhuisms”. He can do commentary in both English and Hindi. He was out for some time but was back as a commentator in the last season of the IPL.

Sidhu’s earnings from Commentary:

In an interview in 2024, when asked about his earnings in IPL, this is what Navjot Singh Sidhu had to say :

I was taking ₹25 lakh per day in IPL. I left cricket and joined commentary and I did not know if this is something I could do. I was not very confident (initially) but 10-15 days into the World Cup, the word Sidhuism came up. I was walking in a lane no one was walking. It was the lane of Sidhuism. From ₹60-70 lakh for the whole tournament, I was taking ₹25 lakh per day in IPL. The satisfaction was not with money, the satisfaction was that time would fly. It was beautiful

During the 10 years that Sidhu wasn’t doing commentary, he also did Television. His famous appearance was on Kapil Sharma’s show as a guest. According to the rumors, he was replaced in 2019 by Archana Puran Singh because of his controversial comments about the Pulwama Attack.

Navjot Sidhu Net Worth in 2025

An estimated net worth of ₹45.37 crore belongs to him. He has six showrooms in Pataliya and two Land Cruisers, which are upward a crore. Additionally, his residential properties are worth around ₹35 crore.

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