During the worst phase of his career, Virat Kohli becomes the first Indian to reach 200 million followers on Instagram!
During the hardest time in his life, the icing on the cake was the surge of Virat Kohli’s followers on Instagram to reach 200 million becoming the first Indian to do so on that platform. It was evident to a hidden reality that despite all the online abuse that Virat Kohli especially after he condemned bigotry once on social media, he is undisputedly still the iconic intensely popular cricketer.
Virat Kohli has been enduring the worst phase of his career as he has not scored a century in almost three years and was facing flak for that as well.
He is India’s most prolific batsman Virat Kohli has now the most number of followers on Instagram. Virat Kohli now has 200 million followers on Instagram, the highest by any Indian or any Indian sportsperson on the photosharing social app. Virat Kohli has also the highest number of followers among all the cricket players. Among sportspersons, only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have more followers on Instagram
Virat Kohli himself took to Instagram to thank his supporters. “200 mil strong. Thanks for all your support insta fam,” Kohli wrote along with a montage of his Instagram posts.