Virat Kohli becomes only Indian to reach 200M followers on Instagram
Interestingly, he stands third, just behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, on the list of most followed sportspersons on Instagram
New Delhi: Indian skipper Virat Kohli does not only create records on the cricket field but off the field as well. In a recent breakthrough, the Indian star batsman has become the first Indian to reach the ‘200 million followers’ benchmark on Instagram.
Kohli happens to be a popular and much-loved cricketer across the world, and this can be seen through the love being showered upon him by his fans on social media.
Virat Kohli is, in fact, the most followed cricketer on the social media platform Instagram. Interestingly, he stands third, just behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, on the list of most followed sportspersons on Instagram.
According to HopperHQ, in 2021, Kohli charged around $68,000 (Rs. 5 crore) for an Instagram post.
On the achievement, Kohli shared a special clip thanking his fans to make him attain this landmark.
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His fans were happy and congratulated him on this achievement. One of his fans commented on the post saying:
“Most Followed Indian And Asian
Most Followed Cricketer In World
3rd Most Followed Athlete In World
17th In Most Followed Ac On Instagram
GLOBAL SUPERSTAR FOR A REASON”
Meanwhile on Twitter, fans also compared the number of his followers to the total followers of all the ICC teams and IPL teams.
This is how big Virat Kohli’s fanbase really is.
What a legend!#ViratKohli | #KingKohli | #ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/c3kjHyZKLm
— Cricbaba (@thecricbaba) June 7, 2022
Virat Kohli has been recently replaced by Rohit Sharma as the all-formats Indian captain and he is also not in a good form. This achievement, though off the field, gave another boost to Kohli’s fanbase.
Kohli has been rested for the India vs South Africa T20I Series, and will now be seen playing the rescheduled Test match against England.