The "World's most admired people poll" was conducted by YouGov for Times by surveying almost 14,000 people. There were four Indians in the top ten and seven overall in the list of 30 most-admired people.

Sachin, 40, was fifth with six other Indians featuring in the list- BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi (7th), Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan (9th), former President Abdul Kalam (10th), social activist Anna Hazare (14th), Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal (18th) and business tycoon Ratan Tata (30th).