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Virat Kohli, the star Indian batter remains one of the most popular cricketers in the world as he emerged as a global icon,

His popularity has shattered all the boundaries between nations and the differences among several sports as he continues to be one of the most widely followed sportspersons around the world.

In search engine giant Google's list of most searched topics in its entire 25-year-long history, the name Virat Kohli popped at the top when it came to cricketers.

 

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With India witnessing cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Rohit Sharma influencing the generations to opt for sports, Kohli leads the chart with monumental figures when it comes to following on social media and is quite often being lauded by prominent names in other sports as well.

This time it was Brazilian football legend Ronaldo Nazario who couldn't keep himself away from the magical popularity of the former Indian captain.

Ronaldo was asked a few questions on him by YouTuber Speed. Here's how the interaction went:

"Do you know Virat Kohli?" Speed asked.

"Who?" replied Ronaldo, a former World Cup winner.

"Virat Kohli, from India," came the reply.

"No," said Ronaldo.

"You don't know Virat Kohli!" said Speed.

"What is he? A player?" Ronaldo replied then.

"He is a cricket player," Speed said.

"He is not very popular in here," said Ronaldo, who is one of the greatest footballers to emerge from Brazil.

"Yeah, yeah. he is like the best. He is like Babar Azam. You have never seen this dude?" Speed shows Ronaldo Virat Kohli's picture.

"Yeah," replied Ronaldo.

 

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Talking about Kohli, the star batter is set to make his return to the T20I format in the three-match series against Afghanistan.

Both Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma last played a T20I match in T20 World Cup 2022 as the general notion was that the duo is likely to be out of the scheme of things in the shortest format.

But with the BCCI selectors picking both in the last T20I series that India will play before the 2024 T20 World Cup, the indications are clear that they are very much into consideration.

Virat Kohli boasts of a tally of 4008 in 115 matches at an average of 52.73. His strike rate is 137.96.

Virat Kohli recently became the first batter to score 2000 runs in seven different calendar years during India's crushing defeat to South Africa in the 1st Test

He scored 76 off 82 balls during India's defeat by an innings and 32 runs, which took his tally to 2006 runs in 2023.