In a bizarre development on Thursday night, Virat Kohli’s Instagram account disappeared from the site but made its return on Friday morning. Fans noticed this first when they tried to search Virat Kohli’s Instagram handle, but a message came up, “This page isn't available" or "The link may be broken." This left many fans shocked, and the tension started to build among them. After this, fans went to the second-best source to find the answer and visited Anushka Sharma’s account for clarification, but came back disappointed.
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Virat Kohli has 274 million followers, which is the largest in India. After the account was deactivated without prior notice, it caused a wide shock among everyone. However, the fans got relief when the account made its return on the platform on Friday morning.
Kohli’s purple patch
Kohli has been in a great purple patch since his comeback in international cricket. His coming back in form actually started the trend that 2026 is the new 2016. His recent performance made him the number one batter in the ICC rankings. As of now, Kohli is standing with 85 centuries and only needs 15 more to reach to the hundred centuries.
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Fans reaction
Though neither Virat Kohli nor Anushka Sharma has made any statement on that. For a few hours, fans turned Anushka Sharma’s comment box in social helpdesk. Few shared memes, and few made hilarious comments on that.
Here is a glimpse of the comments
It’s 2 AM man and Kohli FC has started spamming under Instagram’s official handle.
 ????????????????????????????????!????????_???????? (@bholination) January 29, 2026
This guy has an unreal, crazy fan following ???????? pic.twitter.com/nnctnCsHhO