Published 16:16 IST, February 2nd 2021

Is Virat Kohli bigger than the game? THIS stunning social media stat strengthens the claim

Indian captain Virat Kohli is the most popular cricketing personality in the world, in terms of number of fans and followers across all social media platforms.

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Indian captain Virat Kohli is one of undisputed masters in batsmanship in world cricket at moment. Plundering runs with almost unreal consistency across all forms of game, cricketer has often served as a driving vehicle in many of India’s famous triumphs since his debut. Kohli’s popularity heralds him beyond imagination, both within and abro, with a panon of legends and experts of game even describing him as ‘Greatest batsman of all time’.

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Virat Kohli Instagram followers: Staggering stat sparks sterling debate among fans

Unsurprisingly, Virat Kohli holds a large fan following across several major social media platforms. On Instagram itself, captain Kohli has more than 94 million fans and followers. His colossal fan following raises a debate among several followers of sport: “Is Virat Kohli bigger than game itself?”.

While it sounds like a controversial topic, re are some interesting facts and numbers to back cogency of subject. For instance, Kohli Instagram followers section out-tallies combined number of Instagram followers of International Cricket Council (ICC) and cricket boards of ir top 10 member nations by more than double.

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Furrmore, if one holds all-popular Indian Premier League (IPL) as well as all eight of its franchises into account, captain Kohli still les ‘followers race’ by some distance. outcome is pretty much same if West Indies-based Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL) competitions are taken into account in dition with respective followers of all 14 teams (CPL + BBL combined teams) as well.

Quite remarkably, if one counts combined followers tally of all aforementioned cricket boards, T20 competitions and all ir franchises, brand Kohli alone still outperforms m all on social media front.

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Here is a detailed look at comparative ‘Virat Kohli vs Cricketing World’ stat for Instagram supremacy, as recently brought to tice by a fan of cricketer.

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How much is Virat Kohli net worth?

According to ackwledge.com, Virat Kohli net worth figure is estimated to be ₹688 crore ($93 million) as of year 2021. A major part of his net worth comes from his business investments and endorsements. Virat Kohli net worth also comprises of his earnings from Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as an active Indian cricket player, which amounts to ₹7 crore ($925,730) per annum. Kohli salary figure clocks in at ₹24 crore ($3.1 million) per year, considering that he earns ₹17 crore ($2.24 million) per season from Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League (IPL). Apart from his IPL contract, he also ds to his net worth through endorsing brands like Audi, Flipkart, Google, Hero MotoCorp, Puma, Uber and Valvoline.

Anushka Sharma-Virat Kohli baby name

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma shared first glimpse of ir daughter on Monday, February 1. Sharing a loved-up picture of newborn without her face being visible, y also revealed that y h named ir bundle of joy as ‘Vamika.’ Anushka Sharma shared a photo where she is holding baby, and far is looking at little one with twinkling eyes, with some beautiful balloons completing setting.

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Virat Kohli in India vs England 2021 series

Virat Kohli is w set to resume his captaincy role for India in upcoming India vs England Test series. He earlier took a paternity leave, thus skipping final three Tests in Australia. four-match tussle against England is scheduled to launch from Friday, February 5 onwards.

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Disclaimer: above Virat Kohli net worth information is sourced from various websites and media reports. This website does t guarantee 100% accuracy of Virat Kohli net worth figures.

Im source: BCCI Twitter

16:16 IST, February 2nd 2021