Virat Kohli surpasses Sachin Tendulkar on Twitter to head list

NEW DELHI: Indian vice-captain Virat Kohli has overtaken Sachin Tendulkar as the most followed sportsperson on Twitter though the iconic cricketer still holds the number two spot a year after his retirement.

Kohli (@imVkohli) heads the list with a total base of 4,870,190 fans, which is higher than Tendulkar's (@sachin_rt) 4,869,849 fans. The retired batting great Tendulkar, until recently, was holding the numero uno position in the social networking site.

"Here's the 4 million follower selfie. Hope you like it :)," Kohli, currently in Australia for the four-match Test series, had written on his twitter handle after crossing the 4 lakh mark in October.

Tendulkar is followed by current national cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) with 3,327,033 followers.

Dhoni is followed by Virender Sehwag (3180081), Yuvraj Singh (2723090), Suresh Raina (2617828).

Such is the dominance of cricket that nine of the top 10 in the list of most followed sportspersons are cricketers. Tennis ace Sania Mirza is the sole exception at seven on the list. Sania is followed by three more cricketers - Zaheer Khan (1732655), Gautam Gambhir (1643423) and Rohit Sharma (1586841).

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

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