Virat Kohli most followed cricketer on social media beating MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar

Virat Kohli has over 30 million followers on all social media platforms, and is the most followed cricketer currently

Updated on Aug 18, 2019  |  10:10 PM IST |  2.3M
Virat Kohli most followed cricketer on social media beating MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli most followed cricketer on social media beating MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar

Kohli, who became the only cricketer in the world to score 20,000 international runs in a decade, is the most followed cricket star on social media. The Delhi player is very active on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and has over 30 million followers on each platform. 

Legend Sachin Tendulkar is the next most followed player with 30.1 million followers on Twitter, while he has 28 million and 16.5 million on Facebook and Instagram respectively. MS Dhoni occupies the third spot in the list with 15.4 million on Instagram, 7.7 million on Twitter and 20.5 million followers on Facebook. 

Indian opener Rohit Sharma is active on social media, and has over 10 million followers on all platforms - 10.5 on Instagram, 14.7 million on Twitter and 3.1 million on Facebook. Out of favour Suresh Raina has 16.7 million followers on Twitter, 9 million and 3.1 million on Instagram and Facebook respectively. 

Yuvraj Singh is next on the list with 14 million followers on Facebook, 4.7 million on Twitter and 7.5 million on Instagram. Up next on the list is Harbhajan Singh, who is active on social media. He has 10.1 million followers on Twitter, 3.6 million on Instagram and 6.6 million on Facebook. 

South Africa's AB de Villiers, Shikhar Dhawan and Chris Gayle complete the top ten.

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