Virat Kohli breaks yet another record! The face of World cricket now has 250 Million followers on Instagram!

Indian Ace batter Virat Kohli remains on the headlines even when he is not playing competitive cricket. The 34-year-old after suffering a tough exit from IPL 2023 has now become the 3rd most followed Athlete on Instagram in the world. Kohli has also become the first Asian to achieve this unique milestone.

On Thursday morning, Virat Kohli’s official Instagram page showed that he now has 250 Million followers. The list of most followed Athletes on Instagram is spearheaded by 5-time Ballon D’or winner Cristiano Ronaldo with 585 Million followers and 2022 FIFA World cup winner Lionel Messi is #2 with 464 Million followers.

Virat Kohli is just behind the 2 footballing greats in this incredible list. It goes without saying that he is the only Indian to have such a massive following on Instagram. Even the iconic Basketball legend Lebron James doesn’t have this many followers as the Delhi-born batter.

The former Indian Captain recently bowed out of Indian Premier League 2023 from the league stages after Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their final league match against Gujarat Titans. Virat Kohli had smacked his 7th IPL century in that match but Shubman Gill’s 104 off 52 balls saw GT chase down 198 runs and win by 5 wickets.

Although he is not featuring in the IPL anymore, Virat Kohli is still breaking records. What lies ahead of him is the ever important ICC World Test Championship Final at the Oval against Australia from 7th June onwards. In the previous WTC final, it was Kohli who was captaining team India.

But unfortunately India despite playing such fearless cricket lost to Kane Williamson’s New Zealand by 8-wickets at the Rose Bowl stadium in Southampton. This time around team India will be led by Rohit Sharma but all eyes will be on Virat Kohli as his form will be key to India’s hopes of winning the WTC.

In the longest format of Cricket, Virat Kohli has 8416 runs in 183 innings with his Best score being 254 not out. Since making his Test debut in 2011, the Indian stalwart has averaged 48.93 and has scored 28 Full centuries and 28 half-centuries.