Virat Kohli beats Narendra Modi, Salman Khan on Twitter in 2017

2017 has been an exhilarating year for Indian sports. From the India men’s and women’s cricket team reaching the final of the ICC Champions Trophy and the Women’s World Cup respectively, India has truly made a benchmark for themselves in the world of sports. Thus, with the new year knocking right around the corner, we reveal to you the most followed person on Twitter in the sporting world this year.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who also took over as the captain of the Indian cricket ODI and T20I teams from MS Dhoni, remained the most talked-about sportsperson in India on Twitter this year, hands down. The sudden news of Kohli tying the nuptial knot with Anushka Sharma has certainly been amongst the incredible sporting moments surrounding Indian sports.

Virushka’s marriage tweet went crazy viral in no time, and become one of the most re-tweeted ones of the year as it takes the crown for 2017’s Golden Tweet Of The Year, Twitter India reported a couple of days back. And now the 29-year-old skipper has been awarded as the most followed person on the micro-blogging site.

A growth rate of 56% in 2017

Kohli enjoyed a growth of 56% from 2016 to 2017, taking over the likes of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and even the Indian Prime minister, Narendra Modi. Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, however, still continues to be the most-followed sportsperson on Twitter. Following his retirement from playing cricket, the Master-Blaster has been donning a plethora of hats.

From being the co-owner of a football team, a badminton team and even a kabaddi team to being a Rajya Sabha MP, Tendulkar has been always in the news this 2017 and his frequent tweets on various issues have attracted a lot of twitter followers.

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