Virat Kohli's mobile game most sought after on Google Play

The Indian Test captain was also the most searched sportsperson in 2015.

New Delhi: Virat Kohli's digital popularity continues to rise rapidly with his mobile game 'Virat Cricket Challenge' topping the charts on Google Play.

"Yesterday google released the list of most searched sportsperson in 2015 and it was helmed by non-other than our current test team captain Virat Kohli. Today his digital popularity is risen into another level with #ViratCricketChallenge, the mobile game on Virat Kohli is topping the charts on Google Play," read a press note from his management company.

"The game developed and published by Nazara Games on December 14th is at the top of the charts on the Google Play Store within days of its launch. This is the fastest ever rise of an Indian game on the play store thus showing the popularity of Virat Kohli among fans and gamers," it claimed.

"This is also a new dawn for Indian Gaming where things have just started to take off. This is a rare instance of an Indian game topping the charts of Google Play leaving behind popular global games like Candy Crush, Temple Run, Clash of Clans, Subway Surfers etc," the release added.