Both MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, the Indian all-format captain, are influential personalities as far as cricket is concerned. However, as far as fandom is concerned, Dhoni is a tad above Virat in that quotient. The YouGov Influencer Index 2018 covered consumer perception of around 60 top Bollywood celebrities and sports personalities. The same is based on the data collected online among close of 1948 respondents with a panel of over 6 million people across the globe.
Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone are placed in the first and second place. MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar, the retired cricketer, holds the number three and four spot. On the contrary, Kohli is slotted at the sixth position, also below Bollywood ‘Khiladi’ Akshay Kumar. Nevertheless, Virat is above the likes of Amir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan.
“The overall influencer index is an average of awareness, likability, trust and individual sector influence score. The top ten list is dominated by male Bollywood celebrities and cricketers, however, Deepika Padukone is the top ranked female celebrity in the list,” YouGov was quoted as saying in Hindustan Times.
