Since the inception of the 21st century, cricketers are signing elusive contracts with their respective boards. Even the emergence of franchise cricket has provided financial support as more money is pumped into the game. Along with the opportunity to showcase their talent players are earning a good income by playing their favourite sport.

The increased salary cap of players has shot up professionalism which in turn has helped the players improve their lifestyle. Among them, there are certain individuals who have invested a large amount of money in building fancy homes.

One of the two captains who have won multiple 50 over World Cups is Ricky Ponting. The former Australian skipper led the nation in more than 300 games and had a tremendous success rate of 65%. Even as a batsman Ponting broke various records as he has piled 27000 international runs.

After retirement, he has guided many T20 franchises, and now he is serving the role of assistant coach to the Australian head coach, Justin Langer. During his career Punter was ahead of his counterparts and that trend has continued in his lifestyle. He is living in a mansion that is valued at $10m (69.8 crores).

The Stanford mansion is located in the upscale Golden Mile of Brighton in Melbourne. It consists of a billiard room, a private theatre, a pool, and a full-size tennis court. There is also a private access lane to the beach which is really cool.

The swashbuckling all-rounder was a match-winner for the Men in Yellow. He has played 12 ICC events, the most by an Australian cricketer and in the 2009 Champions Trophy he dragged the team to the title by stroking centuries in both knock-out games.

For the most part of his career, his power-hitting was the trump card for the Kangaroos. In all these years he has been a marquee player around the world in the T20s. Watson has attracted big bucks from franchise cricket and he has surely invested it in his house located in Sy.