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Virat Kohli on Tuesday became the first Indian to cross 200 million followers on Instagram. The right-handed batter is also the first cricketer in the world to achieve the landmark.
Apart from Instagram, Kohli also has a massive fan-following on other social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. As of now he has 48.4 million followers on the micro-blogging site, while has over 49M followers on Facebook.
Since, Kohli had already been the most followed celebrity from the Asian continent, he automatically became the first Asian to get over 200 million followers on Instagram. He becomes the third most followed athlete in the world.
With regards to India, Kohli has been the rare sports personality who has managed to make it to the top of the Instagram followers list which is generally transcendently loaded up with Indian film and entertainment personalities.
The 33-year-old posted a small 10-second clip on his profile with a collage of pictures thanking his fans. He said: “200 mil strong 💪 Thanks for all your support insta fam. 💙💪”
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