Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is known for his sport as well as fitness. He has millions of fans all over the world and he is also active on social media, so today he has 150 million followers on Instagram. In the last 187 days, Kohli was followed by 50 million people. He has become the first celebrity in Asia to reach this point.
Kohli has become the first cricketer in the world to reach 150 million followers on Instagram. At the same time, he has also become the first celebrity in Asia to get so many followers across Asia. Virat Kohli gets Rs 5 crore for a post on Instagram.
In this list, footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is at the first place with 337 million followers, followed by Lionel Messi with 260 million followers. Brazilian footballer Neymar has 160 million followers on Instagram. After this comes the number of Indian captain Virat Kohli.
Apart from Virat Kohli, no other Indian has even close to 100 million followers on Instagram. After Virat Kohli, actress Priyanka Chopra is at number two with 67 million followers.
Talking about the sports world, Kohli achieved this position in the 490th innings of his career on the first day of the fourth Test against England. The Indian captain was dismissed by Ollie Robinson for a personal score of 50, which was his 27th fifty in Test cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar has the highest number of 34,357 runs in international cricket. He is followed by Kumar Sangakkara (28,016 runs) and Ricky Ponting (27,483 runs). In this list, Kohli is at number seven while Rahul Dravid (24,208 runs) is at number six.
The 32-year-old has scored runs in all three formats at an average of over 50. He has scored 13,646 runs in 96 Tests while 13,061 runs in 254 ODIs to his name. Apart from this, he has scored 2,272 runs in 89 T20 Internationals.