{"id":1245901,"date":"2023-05-27T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T06:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1245901"},"modified":"2023-05-27T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T06:58:08","slug":"virat-kohli-is-1st-asian-to-have-25-crore-instagram-followers-only-behind-ronaldo-messi-in-global-followers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/virat-kohli-is-1st-asian-to-have-25-crore-instagram-followers-only-behind-ronaldo-messi-in-global-followers\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli Is 1st Asian To Have 25 Crore Instagram Followers! 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