Another day and Virat Kohli hit another milestone. This time the right-hand batter reached 250 million followers on Instagram and thus become the first Asian athlete to have such an insane fan following on the social media App. After smashing a record 7th IPL ton during RCB vs GT game, Kohli’s fan following surged even more. Despite RCB failing to reach playoffs, the superstar was trending on Instagram and Twitter for two days, thus highlighting the power and brand value of King Kohli. Follow WTC Final 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
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Virat Kohli leaves behind Tendulkar and Dhoni, only Asian to have 250M followers
With 250 million followers, Kohli has easily left behind some of the biggest names in cricket – Tendulkar and Dhoni. While the former has 40.3 million followers on Insta, the latter is notch ahead with 42.2 million followers. Kohli leads the Asian list with the highest number of followers on Insta.
Overall, in sports Cristiano Ronaldo leads the chart with 585 million followers on Instagram, followed by Lionel Messi with 462 million followers.
Currently, Kohli’s Insta account has 1,601 posts with 250M followers. The RCB superstar follows 278 people on the social media account, which includes names like Sachin Tendulkar, AB de Villiers, and Ronaldo.
WTC Final 2023: Kohli reaches London, gears up for WTC Final against Australia
Meanwhile, after IPL, the focus shifts to WTC final for Kohli. For the same, the 35-year-old has reached London yesterday and will begin training for the WTC Final clash against Australia.
Kohli is coming off good form in IPL, as he racked up 639 runs in 14 games. Before IPL, Kohli also ended the century drought in Test cricket by smashing a hundred against Australia.
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