Virat Kohli tops MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma to become most tweeted about male athlete in 2020
Skipper of the Indian Cricket Team, Virat Kohli is one who is always in the limelight. Be it his extraordinary cricketing achievements or his posts on social media or his personal life, everything receives a plethora of attention from fans throughout India. Due to the Kohli’s immense popularity, it should come as no surprise that he was the most tweeted about sportsperson from India in the year 2020 according to statistics from Twitter.
In terms of cricketing achievements, 2020 wasn’t a particularly terrific year for the 32-year-old going by the standards he had set for himself in the past. The batting ace couldn’t notch up a single century in the calendar year despite the fact that he consistently scored half-centuries. With his side Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), it was the same old story as his side couldn’t get their hands on the elusive trophy.
2020 was also the year, his wife Anushka Sharma got pregnant with the couple’s first child. The same received plenty of attention and was celebrated by millions of people on Twitter as did Kohli’s decision to leave the Indian team on ‘paternity leave’ to be with his wife and new-born.
MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma come 2nd and 3rd
Coming in 2nd and 3rd on the list of most tweeted about sportspersons in India were former Indian captain MS Dhoni and Indian opener Rohit Sharma. The duo were in the news for various reasons throughout the course of the year. The former didn’t play a single match of international cricket but announced his retirement which led to an abundance of Tweets on the same. Dhoni’s side in the IPL, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) struggled this season and failed to reach the playoffs of the tournament for the first time ever which again received a lot of attention.
Rohit Sharma on the other hand led his side, Mumbai Indians (MI) to the IPL title for a record 5th time leading to a lot of plaudits for his captaincy. An injury saga involving him which led to the 33-year-old being dropped from the limited-overs leg of India’s tour of Australia was another instance that led to Rohit trending on Twitter.
The most retweeted Tweet by an Indian sportsperson was MS Dhoni’s Tweet which showed pictures of a letter of appreciation written by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The most liked Tweet was Virat Kohli’s announcement of his wife Anushka Sharma’s pregnancy.
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