Virat Kohli is not only scoring on the field but also off it as he has become the second most followed Indian sportsperson on ‘Facebook’ behind iconic Sachin Tendulkar and the most talked about World Cup player on social networking site ‘Twitter’.
The 26-year-old Kohli currently has 20,002,000 followers on Facebook. He is the second Indian sportsperson to cross 20 million benchmark behind Tendulkar who currently has 24,775,138 followers. Globally, Kohli is listed at 20th position, while Tendulkar occupies 13th spot in the list of sportspersons who have maximum followers on Facebook.
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list with 107 million, followed by his arch-rival lionel Messi of Argentina with 78 million followers on Facebook respectively. Kohli has taken over Tendulkar as the most followed cricketer globally on the micro-blogging site ‘Twitter’ in December last.