According to the survey of YouGov, former Indian skipper, MS Dhoni has defeated his successor, Virat Kohli in the list of most admired men in India in 2019. Dhoni acquired an admiration score of 8.58% and he is only behind the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (15.66%) in the list of most admired men in India in 2019. Ratan Tata (8.02%), Barack Obama (7.36%) and Bill Gates (6.96%) are third, fourth and fifth in the list respectively.
The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli is seventh in the list with an admiration score of 4.46%. Just a place above Kohli is another legendary cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar who has scored 5.81% as per the survey. Among the other sports personalities, Portuguese and Juventus veteran footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo has the admiration score of 2.95% in India.
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According to the survey, Ronaldo is more admired in India than Argentine superstar and FIFA Best men’s player of the year 2019 Lionel Messi (2.32%). Six-time World Championships gold medallist Mary Kom (10.36%) is leading the list of the most admired women in India. She is also the only Indian women sports personality to make it to the list.
The survey also states that Bill Gates remains the world’s most admired man, but Angelina Jolie has now been replaced by Michelle Obama as the world’s most admired woman.
The report further said, “the whole top five men remain unchanged since last year. Former US president Barack Obama comes in second, and the third to fifth places are all occupied by Chinese figures: actor Jackie Chan in third, president Xi Jinping in fourth and businessman Jack Ma in fifth.”
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Currently, Team India is locking horns with South Afric as the three-match T20I series resulted in a 1-1 draw as the first match in Dharamsala got washed out due to rain. Following this, India will host South Africa in a three-match Test series. The series opener will be played in Visakhapatnam with the final two matches expected to be taking place in Pune and Ranchi respectively.
