Former India Captain, Virat Kohli’s fan following is not hidden from anyone in this world. And adding one more accolade to his kitty, Virat Kohli now became the first Indian to reach 250 million followers on Instagram. He is now behind the football maestro Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi on the list of most followed personalities on Instagram.
CSK Captain MS Dhoni who took the Indian Cricket team through storms during his captaincy by winning the T20 World Cup & ODI World Cup is second on the list of cricketers with most followers on Instagram. While one of the Legendary Cricketer of World Cricket Sachin Tendulkar has 40.5 Million followers & is tied with Dhoni on the list. Current Indian Captain, Rohit Sharma has 28.5 million followers while all-rounder Hardik Pandya has 29.5 million followers & they form the top five in the list.
Former India middle-order batter & CSK legend Suresh Raina (23.8 M) is sixth on the list. While South African legend AB De Villiers (21.9 M) is seventh on the list. Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh (17.5 M) is eighth on the list while veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan (13.7 M) & KL Rahul (14.2 M) occupy ninth & tenth spots on the list.
Virat Kohli is the only most followed Indian on Instagram
Former India Captain, Virat Kohli is the most followed Indian on Instagram. He occupies a spot in the list of the top 20 most followed personalities on Instagram. He occupies 15th place on the list of top 20 behind music icon Taylor Swift. He is also the third Indian in the list of the top 50 most followed people on Instagram with Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra (86.7M) in 42nd place and Shraddha Kapoor (80.2M) in 44th place.
Virat Kohli’s team RCB failed to qualify for the Playoffs in IPL 2023
Coming to the ongoing IPL 2023, Virat Kohli’s team RCB failed to qualify for the Playoffs stage of IPL 2023. They lost their last league stage fixture against Gujarat Titans & thereby got out of the race of playoffs. Notably, this will be their 16th season without an IPL trophy. Notably, Virat Kohli left for Australia with his wife Anushka Sharma in the early hours of Wednesday, May 24. While the first batch of the Indian team left for Australia on May 23, 2023. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma & some other players who are still there in the IPL 2023 will leave for England after the conclusion of IPL 2023 by May 30.
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