New Delhi: Former Team India skipper MS Dhoni has defeatedthe likes of Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar in the list of most admired menin India. According to a survey conducted by YouGov, Dhoni is the second mostadmired man in India, next only to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The sample size of the survey was 42,000 people from across41 countries to create the list of most admired people in the world, with twoseparate categories for men and women.

While PM Modi emerged as the most admired man in India in2019, ace boxer Mary Kom was rated as the most admired woman in the country.Accordingto the survey, PM Modi has an admiration rating of 15.66 per cent, followed byDhoni with 8.58 per cent.

Ratan Tata (8.02 per cent), Barack Obama (7.36 per cent) andBill Gates (6.96 per cent) are next in the list, respectively. India captainVirat Kohli is seventh in the list with an admiration score of 4.46 per cent.Just a place above Kohli is Sachin Tendulkar with 5.81 per cent admirationscore.