'Quick ride' and 'great start' to new year for Virat Kohli

Bangalore, Jan 2: India's Test captain Virat Kohli has made a 'great start' to the new year with his followers list on Twitter crossing the 5-million mark today.

Kohli, who has been named India skipper for the fourth and final Test against Australia, starting on January 6 in Sydney, tweeted a selfie with thumbs up sign about his new achievement on Twitter.

The right-hander from Delhi thanked all his followers for this. He is now the most followed sportsperson in the country. Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar is second.

"Wow that was a quick ride to 5 million! Great start for the new year. Thank you all for making it possible :)," Kohli tweeted.

In October last year, he had crossed 4-million mark. He had posted a selfie then about it. Now in 14 months from then, he has added 1 million more followers.

MS Dhoni retired from Test cricket on December 30 and Kohli was named as his replacement to take charge of the team.

India have lost the four-match Test series 0-2 to Australia and they will be hoping to pull one back in the final Test in Sydney under Kohli's leadership.

Wow that was a quick ride to 5 million! Great start for the new year. Thank you all for making it possible :) pic.twitter.com/Vr2iDabrCA

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 2, 2015

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