3 cricketers feature in India's most talked-about personalities, Aug 2025

Overview

• 3 cricketers feature in India's most talked-about personalities for August 2025, based on interaction on X
• Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, and MS Dhoni are the fifth, seventh, and ninth most talked-about Indian personalities of the month
• The list also features non-cricketing personalities like Narendra Modi, Jr.NTR, Rahul Gandhi, Rajinikanth, and others

3 cricketers feature in India's most talked-about personalities for August 2025, based on interaction on X. Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, and MS Dhoni are the fifth, seventh, and ninth most talked-about Indian personalities of the month. The list also features non-cricketing personalities like Narendra Modi, Jr.NTR, Rahul Gandhi, Rajinikanth, and others.

The Indian Prime Minister is the most talked-about personality of the month and has remained at the top for the second consecutive month. Given the US Tariffs on India and Modi's historic visit to China, his name was mentioned many times on X. The second in the list is Jr.NTR, who had the release of his standalone Bollywood movie, 'War 2'.

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The third on the list is Vijay, the Kollywood Superstar and an emerging political leader, who has been campaigning for the upcoming elections. The fourth on the list is Pawan Kalyan, who returned with his release 'Hari Hara Veera Mallu', his first since becoming the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Gill is fifth in the list, who won the Player of the Series in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025.

Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni continue to be in the top 10 most talked-about Indian personalities

Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition, was also in the news for his allegations about the voting process. Mahesh Babu and Rajinikanth were 8th and 10th in the list, respectively. While the latter had his release 'Coolie', the former had his birthday, and an update about his upcoming movie was given.

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Virat and Dhoni were seventh and ninth in the list, respectively. Kohli has been in discussion regarding his future in cricket, especially in ODIs. On the other hand, Dhoni did not have anything in particular for his name to be mentioned by a lot of people.