If it's big in India you could make a fortune from the royalties...population of 1 billion...most of them love cricket...even if they only sold 50,000,000 copies and he got 10c per copy that's $5 million. They would be getting it downloaded a bit as well.
But it's right up there with Warwick Capper's song as the most embarrassing by a sportsperson. [-X
That's a fair point...but even if only a small percentage of the population do have money it's still a massive number of people and therefore opportunity....today's economic lesson is from Wikipedia
With a GDP growth rate of 9.2%, the Indian economy is among the fastest growing in the world.[14] It is the world's third largest as measured by purchasing power parity (PPP), with a GDP of US$4 trillion. However, when measured by USD exchange-rate terms, it is the twelfth largest in the world, with a GDP of US$785.47 billion.[15] Wealth distribution in India, a developing country, is fairly uneven, with the top 10% of income groups earning 33% of all income.[16] India's per capita income of US$3,547 is ranked 117nd in the world. (By comparison Australia has a per capita income of around $30,000 and is ranked 16th in the world.)
India has a labour force of 496.4 million, 60% of which is employed in agriculture or agriculture-related industries. The service sector accounts for 23% of GDP; the agricultural and industrial sectors make up 22% and 17% respectively.
I think whoever hooked him up with that gig was smart.
Yes, they may not have much money, but with such a huge population, their cricket fanaticism and music/movie fanaticism................and on top of that his popularity already on the subcontinent, he will make a nice penny.
he may be big in india but how much crap will he cop in the change rooms because of it.the money must be the only reason he did it.i would be having a chat with my pr man
tony