“Who among them would be the first Cricketer to reach 5 Mn ?”
Mumbai, Dec 23, 2014: Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) has become the most followed Indian sportsman on Twitter with a base of 4,870,190 fans, and has surpassed Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) who, until recently, held the top spot. Tendulkar, with 4,869,849 fans, is second on the list, followed by MS Dhoni (@msdhoni) at third place with 3,327,033 followers. Such is the dominance of cricket in India that nine of the top ten in the list of most followed sportsmen are cricketers. Sania Mirza is the sole exception at #7 on the list.
Virat’s First Tweet
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/3754340192
Some of his latest Tweets
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/540818023561441281
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/538585949324599296
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/537847771068260352
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/517660263827271680
Top most followed Indian Sports personality
|
RANK |
NAME |
TWITTER HANDLE |
FOLLOWERS |
|
1 |
Virat Kohli |
@imvkohli |
4,869,876 |
|
2 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
@sachin_rt |
4,869,774 |
|
3 |
MS Dhoni |
@msdhoni |
3,327,033 |
|
4 |
Virender Sehwag |
@virendersehwag |
3180081 |
|
5 |
Yuvraj Singh |
@yuvstrong12 |
2723090 |
|
6 |
Suresh Raina |
@imraina |
2617828 |
|
7 |
Sania Mirza |
@mirzasania |
2209325 |
|
8 |
Zaheer Khan |
@imzaheer |
1732655 |
|
9 |
Gautam Gambhir |
@gautamgambhir |
1643423 |
|
10 |
Rohit Sharma |
@imro45 |
1586841 |