Virat Kohli becomes most searched cricketer globally

The interest in these players has increased by almost 1.5 times in 2019 as compared to the stats of 2018.

Hyderabad: India skipper Virat Kohli, who is celebrating his 31st birthday on Tuesday, is arguably one of the best batsmen in the cricketing world. The talismanic batter has a huge fan base not just in India but all over the global.

Virat Kohli with fans

An online visibility management platform, a case study shows that the first three positions for the most searched players globally have been secured by the same Indian players for two consecutive years -- 2018 and 2019. Kohli, former India skipper M.S. Dhoni and India opener Rohit Sharma respectively have consistently been the world's favourite cricketers for these two years.

MS Dhoni

The interest in these players has increased by almost 1.5 times in 2019 as compared to the stats of 2018.

Rohit Sharma

According to the research results, in 2019 Kohli has been searched over 2 million times on a monthly average from January to September. Dhoni and Rohit have also crossed an average monthly search of more than 1 million.

Virat Kohli with fans

The Indian cricket team tops the list for most searched teams in 2019. However, the England cricket team was the top searched team in 2018. The third position has been secured by the West Indies cricket team in both the years.