With every passing day, Virat Kohli’s popularity is reaching newer heights. And the reasons are very obvious. Kohli’s unprecedented feats on the cricket field have taken this cricket-obsessed nation and the entire cricketing fratnerity by storm. Kohli’s performance on the field has helped him garner not only huge popularity but also a staggering amount of wealth.
Kohli’s fearless approach on the field, his body language, his modern attitude is just perfect to appeal to this generation. Kohli represents the next stage in India’s transformation. One more factor which has contributed to Kohli’s rise is the timing of Kohli’s rise in the cricket arena. After the retirement of stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman India needed a batsman to become the next flag-bearer of the team and one can say that Kohli has exceeded every expectation.
Kohli has been now breaking record for fun. He recently broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record of fastest to 10,000 ODI runs and looks set to create and shatter several record in the coming days.
Well, the India star has added yet another feather to his already illustrious cap. He features in the top ten of hottest Asian Men of 2018. Seven-member South Korean Boy Band BTS also known as the Bangtan Boys lead the list. The band is followed by television superstar Vivian Dsena and Bollywood stat Shahid Kapoor. Pop singer Zayn Malik and Hrithik Roshan complete the top five.
Here is the complete list:
| BTS |
| Vivian Dsena |
| Shahid Kapoor |
| Zayn Malik |
| Hrithik Roshan |
| Mohsin Khan |
| Gurmeet Choudhary |
| Ali Zafar |
| Akshay Kumar |
| Virat Kohli |
Recently, Kohli also made it to Forbes India Celebrity 100 list. The 30-year old along with his predecessor MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar featured in the top 10 the prestigious list. At number two, Kohli was the highest-ranked cricketer in the list. He achieved the feat after amassing a staggering amount of Rs 228.09 crore from earnings this year.
