Virat Kohli tops Yahoo's India's most searched sports personalities list in 2017

Indian cricket team captain and youth icon Virat Kohli has now once again reached the top of the list of Yahoo’s India’s most searched sportspeople. He is surely been a role model with his fitness regimes and day-to-day lifestyle speaks real business. Many other sports personalities are also on the chart, but right behind the best modern day batsman. The 29-year-old has been an inspiration for the sportspeople as well as for many famous celebrities all around the world.

It is also a fact that Kohli has made drastic changes to his early lifestyle, at the start of his cricketing career. He has taken his fitness and disciplined normal life to some different level, when compared with some fellow sportsmen. Today, younger generation tend to follow him, which is why the cricketer is the most searched sportsperson.

Kohli at the top and Dhoni takes second spot

The 2016 year, belonged to the ladies who have made their country proud by their contribution in respective sporting games. Olympians PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar acquired the majority of the attention last year. But this year, Kohli once again reached another top spot, which he has a made of consistent habit. The second name in that list of most searched sportspersons belongs to former Indian captain MS Dhoni, another famous personality who has a huge fan following all over the world.

Women cricketers join the charts

The new entries in the list are two of the most talented women cricketers of the Indian team, captain Mithali Raj and big-hitter Harmanpreet Kaur. It is huge achievement for the girls to get this kind of support from fans all around the world, which is why they occupy sixth and seventh positions respectively. Their lives have also changed after the Indian Women’s cricket team reached the finals of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 in England. Mithali also became the first woman to reach the landmark of 6000 ODI runs during that big event.

Yahoo’s Top 10 most searched Sportspeople in India in 2017:

· Virat Kohli
· MS Dhoni
· P V Sindhu
· Gautam Gambhir
· Ravi Shastri
· Mithali Raj
· Harmanpreet Kaur
· S Sreesanth
· Robin Uthappa
· Irfan Pathan