'System faad k rakhne wala' - Fans react as Virat Kohli becomes third highest paid athlete on Instagram behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi

Former India skipper Virat Kohli has become the richest Asian cricketer to feature in Instagram Rich by Hooper. Notably, he is the only Asian cricketer to feature in the list feature 100 celebs including singers, actors, influencers, etc. Talking about the athletes, Kohli is the third highest paid celeb after Portugal's footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina's Lionel Messi. The former India skipper earns 11,45,68,904 INR per Instagram post.

On the other hand, Ronaldo earns 26,77,13,754 INR the FIFA World Cup 2022 winning skipper gets 21,49,82,257 INR. Notably, the duo rules the overall list.

Rohit Sharma explains why he and Virat Kohli aren't playing T20I cricket

Meanwhile, the former and current India skippers are yet to play a T20I game this year. Since the T20 World Cup 2022, they have been given a sabbatical from the shortest format of the game. Apparently, the ongoing year belongs to the ODI World Cup which means that these players would want to keep themselves fresh. They will start playing regularly for India in ODIs from Asia Cup 2023 starting on August 30.

"Last year also we did the same thing. The T20 World Cup was there, so we didn't play one-day cricket. Now we are also doing the same, the ODI World Cup is there, so we are not playing T20s," Rohit said.

"You can't play everything and be ready for the World Cup. We decided this two years ago. Jadeja is also not playing T20. You did not ask about him? I understand about the focus... but Jadeja is also not playing," he added.

"It is a World Cup year; we want to keep everyone fresh; already we had so many injuries in the team that I am scared of injuries now. We had a discussion with the BCCI also that we need to look after the players well.

"A couple of our key players missed some big events in the last two years and we don't want that," he said.

This is how Twitter reacted

Hats off he's built that brand value through amazing work on and off the pitch

— vaibhav sharma (@SharmaBits) August 11, 2023

I am getting a feeling this will be Kohli's world cup



Who else think that Kohli will be the man of the tournament this cricket world cup #ODIWorldCup2023

— Arijit Deb (@arijitrock) August 11, 2023

King Supremacy 👑

— Virat Kohli FanTeam (@ViratFanTeam) August 11, 2023

Where is zimbabar?

— Amit Sharma (@AmitSharmaoffic) August 11, 2023

My captain 🫶🏻

— DIKSHA (@Tiredrcbfan) August 11, 2023

https://t.co/Z3iGznEX1a

— Pratham (@JainnSaab) August 11, 2023

Johns is on 4th. 😂

— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) August 11, 2023

👑 pic.twitter.com/BPgnG9FLcP

— ᦓꪖꪀᦔꪗ (@imDarkRanger) August 11, 2023

Fair to say Kohli has won at life even though if he doesnt win another major title in his career. Dont see any other cricketer even remotely reaching nearing him in terms of brand value and popularity(Gill included).

— Cric Nerd (@crickethuduga) August 11, 2023

fake

babar azam earning on per post is 15 cr

— BackFoot || #SackROVID (@82_MCG_classic) August 11, 2023

Pakistani be like - itna paisa bhi hota hai pic.twitter.com/lY7jX6RnGe

— 𝕊𝔸𝔾𝔸ℝ (@gujjarsagar091) August 11, 2023