Olympic medalists swung into the cricket club in the men’s league in popularity stakes, while PV Sindhu retained the No. 1 spot among women.
cricketer Virat Kohli (Phil Magaco/AFP); Badminton player PV Sindhu (PTI)
Due to the pandemic, the game was last shown in India Today’s MOTN poll in February 2020. A lot has changed since then. Virat Kohli resigned as captain in all three formats of the game, clearing the coast for a new leader and perhaps, a new sports star to emerge. Whoever will have bigger shoes to fill in the form of former India captains, Kohli and MS Dhoni, will maintain a special place in the hearts of fans and at the top of our survey. Rohit Sharma, who took over the captaincy from Kohli in T20 and ODI formats, is in fourth place.
Neeraj Chopra, the Olympic gold medalist javelin thrower, takes the No. 3 spot, a worthy infiltrator of cricket’s supremacy in the top five slots.
It was again Olympic medalists who topped the popularity stakes, be it badminton star PV Sindhu, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu or boxer Lovlina Borgohain. Sindhu has been the undisputed number 1 in the women’s section. Mithali Raj represents cricket at number 3. Raj became the highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket and the most successful captain in women’s ODIs. She will lead her team in March and chase down a trophy of her career – the World Cup.
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