Social media is becoming quite popular in today’s world as it keeps everyone connected in today’s time. Social Media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are comprehensive of people sharing their personal life, travelling, sharing small happiness through this social networking platform which has connected people from various ends through this social media platform. Hence there are a lot of cricketers who are pretty active on social media. Some cricketers often post pictures of various kinds of information, speeches about the world’s affairs, also often post regarding funny kinds of stuff like cooking, traveling and also promote various brands by the advertising of which they are a part of on social media which gives an insight to their fans and keep them anticipated in and out of their field. Indian Cricketers are the prestige to India’s eyes for eternity since Indian Cricketers have emerged as a golden name to India’s name, however, they have the highest youth following among the youth of this generation. Let’s look at the top 10 Indian cricketers with the highest youth following.
1. Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is one of the popular cricketers of this present generation. He is the captain of the Indian Cricket team. Virat Kohli has been considered the best batsman in the world. Currently, this batsman is the most famous cricketer in India and has garnered millions of fans with his dexterous gameplay. Indeed he has the highest number of followers by not only from his game but also posting numerous photos on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. by posting pictures of workouts, healthy foods, and promoting a healthy lifestyle makes the fan follow him each day. He also posts, promotes and advertises brands from Instagram by connecting to their followers. Also during the second wave of coronavirus Virat Kohli along with his wife Anushka Sharma partnered with keto to start the #InThisTogether Campaign. The star couples had initially aimed to raise Rs. 7crore for their covid relief work, eventually they received an overwhelming response from their fans. Through this Virat Kohli has procured plenty of followers which are 140 million on Instagram, 43 million on Twitter, and 47 million on Facebook.
2. Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar as the GOD OF CRICKET was also the captain Indian Cricket Team. He was an exceptionally impeccable player with the highest run-scorer of all time in international cricket. He has the highest number of youth generation because, in 2010, Time Magazine included Sachin in its annual time100 list as one of the “Most Influential People of the World”. However, his fan was disheartened when the player announced his retirement from ODI’s. Eventually after the release of his movie in the year 2017 “Sachin Tendulkar – A Billion Dream”, his fans were again inclined towards Sachin and his movie showed a positive response and was a blockbuster. The cricketer also posts fun goofy pictures on Instagram sharing a splendid amount of time with his pets, also showing his culinary skills. His pictures from social media show his ardent towards animals which makes his fans allure his attention. He has gained a lot number of followers from his enthusiastic pictures and videos on social media. He has 30.6 million followers on Instagram, 35.7 million on Twitter, and the highest on Facebook that is 36 million. He has also been admired for his values and spreading positivity as a human being. His contribution towards the education of children was very obligated by his fans since he sponsors education for 200 underprivileged children and has also worked towards a campaign named # Saying No to Alcohol and Cigarette Endorsement.
3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni a former Indian International Cricketer who captained Indian National Team from 2007 to 2017. His fan following has always been likewise. But when he made the country proud in the year 2011 in the ICC World Cup when Dhoni gave his incredible bewildering sixer in the last inning to win the match by four runs but he shotted a sixer and made India proud gave him immense love and the highest number of youth following in India and also outside the country. Also when his movie autobiography released in the year 2016 starring Sushant Singh Rajput, gave us a glimpse of his early and struggling days. A boy from an ordinary middle-class family who accomplished his cricket skills day and night also by working as a train conductor now resplendent as a captain of the Indian Cricket Team which had motivated and influenced a lot of fans. Having 34.4 million Instagram followers, 21 million Facebook followers and 8.2 million Twitter followers gives us the discernment of his abundance of love and support by the youth of today’s generation.
4. Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma is a former Indian International Cricketer. He plays in the team of Mumbai in domestic cricket and is also the captain of the team Mumbai Indian in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He also serves as the Vice-captain of the Indian National Team in limited formats. His fans admire him for his smartness also his being dexterous in and out of the playground. He has also had a great number of followings than Virat Kohli and Dhoni since he had played in 376 International matches and scored 40 centuries. He is no less than Virat, Sachin, and Dhoni as he also had prominent numbers of followers on social. 19.8million on Instagram, 19.1 million on Twitter, and 11 million on Facebook which shows the love of the youth generation towards Rohit Sharma. He is also an active supporter of animal welfare campaigns. He is also the official rhino ambassador for WWF India and is a member of PETA. A campaign to raise awareness of the predicament of homeless dogs and cats in India.
5. Hardik Pandya
Hardik Himanshu Pandya was the most controversial cricketer after he was engaged with Natasha. Pandya has also been idolized for being adroit in cricket. His fan following took a pull upward when he appeared in the show Coffee With Karan and said quite a several controversial comments as he regards himself as a black person. Hardik also has a great number of youths following him. He keeps his fan updated on Instagram by posting pictures of his adorable baby and his beautiful wife Natasha and due to which he has 16 million followers on Instagram, 19 million Twitter followers, and 4 million Facebook followers.
6. Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina is an aggressive left-handed batsman and sporadic off-spin bowler and is also considered one of the best fielders in world cricket. He is the current vice-captain of Chennai Super Kings in IPL. He has shown many other skills by posting a pleasing and impressive post on social media. From his motivation of working out daily accompanied by Yoga, he also shows his cooking skills and taking care of mental health is a must by Suresh Raina due to which his fondness of today’s youth towards Raina have elevated. Talking about his followers he has 16.9million followers on Instagram, 19million followers on Twitter, and 6.1 million followers on Facebook.
7. Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh is a former Indian International Cricketer. He was also one of the top performers in the 2007 ICC World Cup T20 both of which India won. Yuvraj gathered a huge of love and support from his fan all around India when he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left lung due to which he took a break from cricket. He successfully defeated cancer and courageously played matches after the recovery. A strong boy who did not give his passion and love for his game after fighting a treacherous disease. He then married young beautiful actress Hazel Keech. He has been seen on social media posting about campaigns like #Mission100beds of which he has been a part of and has saved countless lives which were loved by his fans a lot. His Instagram feed is filled with family pictures, animal love, cricket, and also advertising of various brand contents which completely makes his social media look enthralling and through this, he has gathered a large number of followers such as 11.5 million on Instagram, 5.3 million on Twitter, and 14 million on Facebook.
8. Yuzvendra Chahal
Yuzvendra Chahal an Indian Cricketer and also a former Chess player who represents India in both One Day International ODI and T20 Internationals and has also represented India internationally in Chess at youth land. He is well known by his nickname “YUZI” and is also a team player of Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. Yuzvendra has been on the top list this past few months during IPL and also when he got married to YouTuber, dancer, and dentist named Dhanashree. His marriage was really big fat weddings with stunning pictures all around the internet which have gathered a lot of love and admiration from the youth and it has been seen that this young generation is loving Yuzi greatly. He has a bunch many good followers on social media as well. We can see that he has 6.6 million followers on Instagram, 2.6 million followers on Twitter, and 915k followers on Facebook.
9. Harbhajan Singh
An Indian Cricketer and also a Tamilian actor in Tamil movies, he is an exceptional spinner and was also the captain of the team Mumbai India in the India Premier League (IPL). His fan loves him for his positive aura and also have quite a good fan base among youth. He keeps posting outstanding videos on Instagram and also encourages all the athletes who are representing India in TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020. He also shows and flaunts his wife by posting admirable pictures which give us the perfect couple goal and it also shows that he is a big lover of the animal through which he has collected a huge youth fan base through his followers which are as 4.4 million on Instagram, 11 million on Twitter, and 6.5 million on Facebook.
10. Virender Sehwag
An aggressive right-handed opening batsman and also one of the most destructive batsmen of all time. He is the captain of the team Delhi Daredevils of IPL. He has achieved several remarkable positions in and outside the playground. He had scored centuries 0n 22 occasions in Test Cricket. He has been honored by several awards and because of this, he has been liked by the youth of this generation. Every young child knows about Virender Sehwag because of his extensive contribution to society. He has opened schools for poor children in which the children have also been trained to play cricket for the future players other than academics. He also keeps posted about every small thing of cricket social media, his family love, and also occasionally coming live on Instagram to interact with his fans is the reason why today’s generation youth is loving Virender and all the top 10 cricketers of India. Virender also has quite a good number of followers on social media which are 6.4 million on Instagram, 2.2 million on Twitter, and the largest number of followers on Facebook that is 13 million.
