Winning Bizness Desk

Mumbai. Famous cricket star Virat Kohli is the king not only on the batting pitch, but also on Instagram pitch. Former Team India captain Virat Kohli has become the highest earning Asian with a post on Instagram. Recently Hooper HQ released the Instagram Rich List of 2023 and according to this, Virat earns 13 lakh 84 thousand dollars (about Rs 11.45 crore) from an Instagram post. According to the list of Hooper HQ, he is number three among the players. Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo on the first and Lionel Messi on the second. However, a day later, Virat Kohli has said that the news about his earning from social media is not correct. He tweeted, 'Though I am grateful for whatever I have got in life, the news circulating on social media about my earnings is not true.'

Priyanka Chopra second after Kohli

Virat's number is 14th in the list of celebrities around the world. Priyanka Chopra is the second Indian actress after Kohli in this list. Priyanka's earning from one post is 5 lakh 32 thousand dollars. If we see the overall list, Virat Kohli's number is 14th. Portugal's star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo occupies the top. If reports are to be believed, Kohli earns 32 lakh 34 thousand dollars (about 26.75 crore rupees) from one post. Argentine footballer Lionel Messi is at number two. Messi's earnings from one post is 25 lakh 97 thousand dollars (21.49 crores). At number three is American celebrity Selena Gomez, who earns 25 lakh 58 thousand dollars from a post.

Kohli has 256 million followers

Kohli, having 256 million followers on his Instagram account, is the first Asian to have so many followers on Instagram. Israel's actress Gal Gadot (103 million followers) and Thailand's musician Lisa (94 million followers) are at number two in the list of most followed people on Instagram in Asia.