The windfall for the World Cup winning Indian cricket team continued with real estate firm Amrapali on Tuesday announcing a gift in the shape of villas worth Rs. 9 crore to skipper M.S. Dhoni and his teammates.
Amrapali, which signed Dhoni as its brand ambassador in 2009 for four years, said the players would be given a villa each at its luxury township ‘Amrapali Dream Valley Project' in Noida extension.
“Dhoni was presented with an exotic grand villa covering 2,900 sq.ft. worth Rs. 1 crore, while other team members were gifted 1,690 sq.ft. villas worth Rs. 55 lakh each,” Amrapali Chairman and Managing Director Anil Kumar Sharma told journalists here.
The construction of the township has started and would be completed in three years, he added.
On whether Dhoni's endorsement fees would be renegotiated due to his increased brand equity, Mr. Sharma said: “Dhoni is a very generous person, he is not business-minded. Whatever previous commitment he has will not change. So we will not have any impact because of increase in his brand value.”
Ever since the Indian cricket team recreated history by winning the coveted World Cup after a gap of 28 years, the players have been showered with gifts that include crores of rupees, housing plots, luxury villas and first AC class passes in Railways.
