‘Sab Naveen-ul-Haq ka kamal hai’ – Fans react to Virat Kohli topping list of most popular players on social media during IPL 2023
Virat Kohli is one of the most famous athletes, and the records suggest why the Indian batting maestro is one of the most talked about topics almost every day. His social media game is on point every time, and on the field, he has been clinical this season as he finished as the second-highest run-scorer forRoyal Challengers Bangalore.
Virat Kohli has had an excellent start to the 2023 season, scoring centuries for sides and winning them games as usual. He finally got his 28th Test hundred during the fourth Test against Australia in Ahmedabad. Kohli continued his excellent form into the 2023 Indian Premier League season as he smashed a brilliant 82 against five-time winners Mumbai Indians. He ended the tournament with staggering records of 639 runs, including six fifties and two consecutive hundreds in the season’s final two games. He had a fantastic average of 53.25 and scored at a blistering strike rate of around 140.
Top three players in social media mentions in IPL 2023
In a survey conducted by Interactive Avenues, Virat Kohli topped the list of most popular players in social media mentions in IPL 2023. He got a magnificent 7 million mentions on social media throughout IPL 2023, while former Indian team skipper MS Dhoni got 6 million mentions as well. Rohit Sharma, skipper of the Mumbai Indians and the Indian cricket team, got around 3 million mentions. His opening partner in the Indian team, Shubman Gill, was fourth on this list after a breathtaking campaign which saw his side reach the finals.
Fans were overjoyed with the former Indian team captain Virat Kohli topping the list of awards for the most number of social media mentions. Supporters also felt this was because of his rift with the Lucknow Super Giants players, which got much attention from cricket enthusiasts worldwide.
Virat Kohli had an altercation with Afghanistan pacer, Naveen-ul-Haq, West Indies batter Kyle Mayers, Lucknow Super Giants Head coach, and former Indian teammate Gautam Gambhir. This incident occurred following the IPL 2023 game between Royal Challenger Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow and is still a hot topic in the cricket world today.
Fans react to Virat Kohli topping the list of most popular players on social media during IPL 2023:
Most popular players in social media mentions in IPL 2023 [Interactive Avenues]:
1) Virat Kohli – 7 Million
2) MS Dhoni – 6 Million
3) Rohit Sharma – 3 Million pic.twitter.com/YDDVL11wk1— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 26, 2023
normal Virat Kohli is bigger than peak dhoni and Rohit
— Rohan 💛🎗️ (@sirgoathan) June 26, 2023
If dhoni had tweeted once during ipl ..
More than 8 million— niK_Nik (@Desi45188793) June 26, 2023
Virat Kohli for his IPL form and centuries and MS Dhoni for his 5th Trophy and Rohit Sharma……..🙄
— Utkarsh Tiwari (@UtkarshTiw29390) June 26, 2023
https://twitter.com/firefire0045/status/1673188555013918721?s=20
Virat Kohli owend social media, Nothing new 😌
— Crictalker (@crictalker2) June 26, 2023
3 superstars of Indian cricket ❤️
— Positive Thinker (@i_Bhaskar_) June 26, 2023
See the levels
Without being active on sm 🔥💪— msdian (@msdian07ll) June 26, 2023
Only 3 million 😭🤣🤣🤣🤣
— pritam🇮🇳 (@pikun03_) June 26, 2023
Out of 7M, 6M mentions are used for kohli trolls 💯😅😂😅😅
— 🐿 TVK Naveen 🐿 (@Naveen75254480) June 26, 2023
https://twitter.com/GautamAditya16/status/1673206424749641728?s=20
Lol a retired player is twice more mentioned than the captain of the Indian National Team. 😂 hadd hai
— piyush sharma (@writerpiyush1) June 26, 2023
Kohli and Rohit are brands, so its obvious.
What surprises me is that Dhoni is there without social media activity. Also he has retired!
— Tired Popeye 🥫 (@Underthedome_7) June 26, 2023
