When it comes to popularity in cricket, no one surpasses Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and even MS Dhoni. But the the retirement of Ro-Ko from two formats means, that they are not as searched on Google, as they were earlier. Now, other players have surpassed them on the list, which even includes a women’s cricketer.
Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma pipped by Vaibhav Suryavanshi
As per the data by Google, the top place has been taken by 14-year-old Indian cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Then it is PBKS and Delhi batter Priyansh Arya, followed by Abhishek Sharma and Shaik Rasheed, and then Women’s World Cup winner Jemimah Rodrigues, who played a key role in India lifting the Women’s World Cup 2025.
| Most searched by ranks | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vaibhav Suryavanshi |
| 2 | Priyansh Arya |
| 3 | Abhishek Sharma |
| 4 | Shaik Rasheed |
| 5 | Jemimah Rodrigues |
| 6 | Ayush Mhatre |
| 7 | Smriti Mandhana |
| 8 | Karun Nair |
| 9 | Urvil Patel |
| 10 | Vignesh Puthur |
Jemimah Rodrigues most searched
The next five on the list were Ayush Mhatre, Smriti Mandhana, Karun Nair, Urvil Patel, and Vignesh Puthur. Just for context, the main reason for Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s popularity is, his immense talent at display, along with the fact that he all of 14; he first gained eyeballs when he was picked by RR for IPL 2025, getting a price of over a crore. Since then, each of his performance by tracked closely, in India and abroad.
Priyansh Arya too has been on the search list, after his exploits for PBKS, where he even went on to score a ton. He, later in the year went on to debut for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy as well. In his very first season of the IPL, he went on to score 475 runs at an average of 27.94. The strike rate there was 179.
