Indian captain, Virat Kohli's craze can be seen in both, real and virtual world. As time progressed, his fan following increased rapidly. Now Kohli is the most followed cricketer on social media.

Virat has over 30 million followers on each platform (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram). He left Sachin Tendulkar behind who has 30.1 million followers on Twitter and 28 and 16.5 million on Facebook and Instagram.

Former India skipper MS Dhoni, may not be very active on social media, but he still comes at number 3. He has 15.4 million followers on Instagram, 7.7 million on Twitter, and 20.5 million on Facebook.

India's vice-captain Rohit Sharma is not much behind Dhoni. With more than 10 million followers on all the three big platforms -- 10.5 million on Instagram, 14.7 million on Twitter and 11 million on Facebook, Sharma may soon leave the 38-year-old behind considering his retirement is not too far. 

Others in the top 10 list are Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, and Harbhajan Singh. These three cricketers don't represent India anymore but have managed to keep a strong fanbase.

The first foreigner to make it into the list is AB de Villiers of South Africa. The ex-cricketer has 8.5 million followers on Instagram, 6.7 million on Twitter, and 3.6 million on Facebook, the 35-year-old is 8th on the list.

(With IANS inputs)