Virat Kohli is the third-most marketable player in the world

[Khan_21]

Messi will have no effect in India. Or South Asia. Hell. If he comes in a Advertisement, most people will be wondering how the hell he is. Brett Lee is a more famous white personality in India than Messi will ever be. No disrespect to this amazing talent though.

And Ronaldo having a following an 200 million online fans isnt a big deal. Europe and US are well connected to Internet. Just imagine even if 500 million Indians have access to Internet. Kohli, Sachin or Dhoni will beat them hands down.

You do realize that when it comes to popularity there is no comparison between football or any other sport right? Football is played in all 200 countries and crazy popular in like 100 + countries . In short there is no comparison between any football and cricket star .

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Kohli's Brand Value has shot up suddenly after T 20 world cup
and IPL -- where he has scored Four Centuries

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Messi endorses TATA MOTORS

Doesnt matter. TATA motors need Messi to market it worldwide !!

 

[The BrOkEn HeArT]

Only Indians can and think Kohli is more marketable than Messi , ronaldo , Federer

You Pakistani think only west is the "whole world". You people underestimate yourself and South Asians. Open the mind and see , there is also a world from outside the west.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Who?

 

[WaLeEdK2]

Players for cricket in the past would've been better marketers. Wasim Akram, Sachin Tendulkar, Waqar Younis, Rahul Dravid are to name a few.

 

[asad71]

While Novak and Messi are thorough gentlemen on and off the field, this Kohli guy has serious attitude problem. He is given to disgusting behavior all around.

 

[Khan_21]

You Pakistani think only west is the "whole world". You people underestimate yourself and South Asians. Open the mind and see , there is also a world from outside the west.

Only a fool will compare cricket and football when it comes to popularity. Do you even know the global pull of football?fifa world cup?premier league?la liga?

Inside asia can you compare football and cricket? In africa? There is no comparison.

Though an India vs Pakistan match is up as far as intensity and popularity goes. Overall apart from that football is the most popular sport around the world. No contest.

 

[nair]

While Novak and Messi are thorough gentlemen on and off the field, this Kohli guy has serious attitude problem. He is given to disgusting behavior all around.

Who is Novak??? Sorry for not using Google

 

[WaLeEdK2]

Who is Novak??? Sorry for not using Google

A tennis player.

 

[Gibbs]

The only reason a Cricketer would be ranked high among real global sporting super stars is the size of the home market, Especially when it comes to India a potential 1.3 billion market , A one sport nation fanatical about Cricket and holds it's national Cricketers to demi god status.. You could literally sell skin cancer there if a Cricketer endorse it

Ideally given the market size this guy would top it, If most Indians could actually afford the merchandise endorsed by him

Cricket is a minority sport, Played by a handful of British commonwealth countries and at that outside South Asia and may be just maybe Australia not even considered the most popular, Even in Sri Lanka it's just barely at the top given the massive popularity of Rugby.. And given how it's governing body is run these days it will remain a globally minority sport infact stagnating rather than spreading

 

[asad71]

The only reason a Cricketer would be ranked high among real global sporting super stars is the size of the home market, Especially when it comes to India a potential 1.3 billion market , A one sport nation fanatical about Cricket and holds it's national Cricketers to demi god status.. You could literally sell skin cancer there if a Cricketer endorse it

Ideally given the market size this guy would top, If most Indians could afford the merchandise endorsed by him

Cricket is a minority sport, Played by a handful of British commonwealth countries and at that outside South Asia and may be just maybe Australia not even considered the most popular, Even in Sri Lanka it's just barely at the top given the massive popularity of Rugby.. And given how it's governing body is run these days it will remain a globally minority sport infact stagnating rather than spreading

Thanks to Indians driven by the greed of deshi MNCs.

 

[Ocelot]

You Pakistani think only west is the "whole world". You people underestimate yourself and South Asians. Open the mind and see , there is also a world from outside the west.

You Indians think only India is the "whole world". You people overestimate yourself and Indians. Open the mind and see , there is also a world outside India.