Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is the most followed cricketer in the world with 39.3 million followers on Instagram, 37 million on Facebook and 31 million on Twitter. In the list of top 10 most followed cricketer Kohli has surpassed the popularity of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar who is on the second position and caption cool MS Dhoni who stands on the third spot.
The Indian skipper recently became the first batsman ever to score 20,000 international runs in a decade during India’s tour of West Indies.
you will be surprised to know that on the list, there are only two foreign players, AB de Villiers, who stands at 8th position and Chris Gayle who is last on the list. Here is the list of 10 most followed cricketers on social media.
1. Virat Kohli
Instagram – 39.3 Million
Facebook – 37 Million
Twitter – 31 Million
2. Sachin Tendulkar
Instagram – 16.6 Million
Facebook – 28 Million
Twitter – 30.1 Million
3. MS Dhoni
Instagram – 15.5 Million
Facebook – 20.5 Million
Twitter – 7.7 Million
4. Rohit Sharma
Instagram – 10.5 Million
Facebook – 11 Million
Twitter – 14.7 Million
5. Suresh Raina
Instagram – 9 Million
Facebook – 3.15 Million
Twitter – 14.7 Million
6. Yuvraj Singh
Instagram – 7.5 Million
Facebook – 14 Million
Twitter – 4.7 Million
7. Harbhajan Singh
Instagram – 3.6 Million
Facebook – 6.6 Million
Twitter – 10.1 Million
8. AB de Villiers
Instagram – 8.5 Million
Facebook – 3.6 Million
Twitter – 6.7 Million
9. Shikhar Dhawan
Instagram – 4.9 Million
Facebook – 8.9 Million
Twitter – 4.1 Million
10. Chris Gayle
Instagram – 2.8 Million
Facebook – 7.8 Million
Twitter – 4.4 Million