India’s victory at the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup was a historic moment for cricket fans as well as making massive strides on social media. One of them is when Virat Kohli publicly celebrated on Instagram, thus marking a new chapter in India’s social media history.
Most-Liked IG Post: Virat Kohli’s Tribute
Virat Kohli who is using Instagram has made it become most liked photo ever to have been posted by the platform in India. With 18 million likes and still counting, Kohli’s message accompanied by celebratory pictures from his wednesday night party broke Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra who held the record with their wedding photo having over 16 million likes.
Emotional Tribute: Virat Kohli’s
In a series of photos shared by him after winning the world cup, He had several shots where he captured happy moments with teammates that were taken together with them holding different poses while clutching onto that very precious trophy. In this caption, he said “I couldn’t ask for anything better than this day… God is good I bow my head out of gratitude we did it!”
Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra’s Wedding Photo Legacy
Prior to Virat Kohli, Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra garnered many likes from couples across India who were attracted to their marriage announcement picture In 2023 where they had stunning photos taken which attracted millions of people views and more than sixteen million likes.
This trend among Indian celebrities to break Instagram records during significant events in their lives is not new. Alia Bhatt was there before Sidharth and Kiara with her wedding picture with Ranbir Kapoor garnering 13.19 million likes.
Currently, Lionel Messi holds the global record; however, Virat Kohli remains behind such records in terms of his post going viral on Instagram. The football star’s post on Instagram after Argentina’s win in FIFA 2022 World Cup had a record of seventy five point three million likes.