Sachin Tendulkar crosses 5 million followers on Twitter, but still behind Virat Kohli

As of February 5, 2015, Tendulkar has 5.02 million followers compared to Kohli's 5.36 million.

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday became the second after Virat Kohli to cross the five-million followers mark on the social networking and microblogging website Twitter. As of February 5, 2015, Tendulkar has 5.02 million followers compared to Kohli’s 5.36 million.

Kohli was the first Indian cricketer ever in the history to cross the five-million followers mark, a feat that came his way early in January. The Indian Test captain has a strong presence on Facebook as well. Tendulkar has about 24.68 million fans on Facebook, which is well above Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kohli. While Dhoni has about 12 million fans on Facebook, Kohli is on the way to touch the 20-million fan base.

Meanwhile,  Australian swashbuckling batsman Glenn Maxwell has named Tendulkar as an opener in his list of ‘greatest ODI team ever’, a line-up which also includes five of his compatriots. In his blog for Cricket Australia before the ICC World Cup 2015 , Maxwell listed former wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist as an opening pair with ‘absolute God of India’ Tendulkar in his list of favorite eleven, ANI reported.

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