Mumbai, 2nd Jan 2015: Virat Kohli @ImVkohli today became the first Cricketer to cross the 5 million mark on Twitter with 5004544 followers. Virat Kohli was also quick to thank his fans on Twitter for putting him on top of the most followed Cricketers on Twitter List.
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/550896345406390273
Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) had recently become the most followed Cricketer on Twitter surpassing Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) who currently has 4,910,498 followers.
In just over three months, Kohli has gained over a million followers goes to underline his rising popularity.
Here is the tweet when he crossed the 4 million mark in October 2014. Also, given below are a few of his popular Tweets that gives a glimpse at his rise to 5 million followers.
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/517660263827271680
Virat’s First Tweet
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/3754340192
Top most followed Sports personalities on Twitter
|
RANK |
NAME |
TWITTER HANDLE |
FOLLOWERS |
|
1 |
Virat Kohli |
@imvkohli |
5004544 |
|
2 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
@sachin_rt |
4910498 |
|
3 |
MS Dhoni |
@msdhoni |
3374509 |
|
4 |
Virender Sehwag |
@virendersehwag |
3218225 |
|
5 |
Yuvraj Singh |
@yuvstrong12 |
2749740 |
|
6 |
Suresh Raina |
@imraina |
2671786 |
|
7 |
Sania Mirza |
@mirzasania |
2235745 |
|
8 |
Zaheer Khan |
@imzaheer |
1755861 |
|
9 |
Gautam Gambhir |
@gautamgambhir |
1654425 |
|
10 |
Rohit Sharma |
@imro45 |
1621979 |