Virat Kohli overtakes Sachin Tendulkar to become the most followed Indian sportsperson on Twitter

Sachin Tendulkar (L) and Virat Kohli

Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Indian vice-captain Virat Kohli has become the most followed Indian sportsperson on social networking site Twitter with a base of 4,870,190 followers, replacing batting legend Sachin Tendulkar at the top.

Kohli (@imVKohli) had posted a selfie on October 2 when his Twitter account reached 4 million followers.

Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) comes a close second with 4,869,849 fans, followed by Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the third spot with 3,327,033 followers.

Nine of the top ten most-followed sporting personalities in India are cricketers with tennis star Sania Mirza the only exception at number seven.

Others on the list are Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag (No.4) with 3,180,081 followers, all-rounder Yuvraj Singh (fifth) with 2,723,090 fans, followed by the likes of Suresh Raina, pacer Zaheer Khan, batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma.

Top 10 list of most followed Indian Sports personalities on Twitter

Here's the 4 million follower selfie. Hope you like it :) pic.twitter.com/EH44qqTHE8

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) October 2, 2014