India, June 23 -- Legendary American quarterback Tom Brady is also quite the maverick at a quiz. The seven-time Super Bowl champion surprised a panel of football legends by correctly identifying the Indian cricket icon Virat Kohli as Instagram's third most-followed athlete behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Appearing on broadcaster ITV7's "Stick to Football" podcast, Brady, alongside England football legends Gary Neville, Roy Keane and Ian Wright, was challenged to name the athletes with the highest follower counts on Instagram.

The quartet quickly identified Ronaldo and Messi as the top two and basketball superstar LeBron James as fifth, before running into a mental block. Michael Jordan's name was floated, but Brady batted it ...