Virat Kohli among the most valuable athletes on Twitter; earns INR 2.5 Crore per tweet

Virat Kohli, the Indian skipper has emerged as the run machine for Team India across all the formats. He is rated as one of the best batsmen across the globe. The right-handed batsman is also an idol figure to the youth and budding cricketers. Now, there is good news for his fans that their beloved cricketer has touched another big landmark as a player.

India is one of those countries that follows cricket quite religiously and cricketers are their heroes. The subcontinent nation has produced several great batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and many more. And Virat Kohli is also rated one of them, as he has won bucketloads of games for Team India by scoring runs with the help of his wooden sword.

At the time of his debut, he was quite bulky. Now, he has transformed himself into a slim, fit and attractive cricketer. Kohli has tied himself to several brands until now and he is expected to do many more tie-ups going into the future. If we keep the game aside from his life there is one more place where he is currently propelling on a very high rate.

Virat Kohli touches another landmark alongside Cristiano Ronaldo

In India, he is one of the heavily paid cricketers and now Kohli is on his way to becoming one of the most valuable athletes across the globe. As per the reports of Bleacher Report, the Indian skipper gets $350,101 for his one tweet on the social media platform. He is currently on the fifth position in that list that consists of players like Cristiano Ronaldo (Football), Iniesta (Football), Neymar (Football) and Lebron James (Basketball).

At the moment, Ronaldo earns a hefty amount of $868,604 for his one tweet followed by Iniesta $590,825, Neymar $478,138 and James $470,356, who are ahead of Virat Kohli.  In the previous year, Forbes also included Virat Kohli in the list of among the world’s highest-paid athletes. It will be interesting to see if Indian skipper can beat his competitors going into the future.

Most valuable athletes on Twitter (value per tweet)

Cristiano Ronaldo – $868,604

Andres Iniesta – $590,825

Neymar $478,138

Lebron James – $470,356

Virat Kohli – $350,101