Most Popular Team: According to a report by Deportes & Finanzas, MS Dhoni led Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is more popular than Al-Nassr FC, whose face is none other than football icon Cristiano Ronaldo. The report, ranks the teams on the basis of their twitter interactions in the month of March, 2023. While Chennai Super Kings is ranked first with 512 million interactions, Al- Nassr FC is not much behind them 500 million interactions.
💥These are the TOP 5!💥
📲 Most popular asian sports teams on #twitter during march 2023!
📉 Ranking by total interactions 🔃💙💬
1.@ChennaiIPL 5,12M 🏏🇮🇳
2.@AlNassrFC 5,00M ⚽ 🇸🇦
3.@RCBTweets 3,45M 🏏 🇮🇳
4.@mipaltan 2,74M 🏏🇮🇳
5.@Alhilal_FC 2,11M ⚽🇸🇦 pic.twitter.com/ZmUEMDkNLj
— Deportes&Finanzas® (@DeporFinanzas) April 27, 2023
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The fact that Chennai Super Kings has outranked Al-Nassr FC will not shock you if you are sports aficionado.
MS Dhoni, who is an Indian Cricket Legend is among the most famous people in India, world’s most populous country. Dhoni is at the helm of the most popular sports franchise in India. The fact that, CSK have out piped Al-Nassr is due to the IPL 2023 fever that has taken India over like a storm.
The month of March and IPL has been synonyms with each other for many years now. IPL, which started on 31st March is a two month cricket festival which sees India’s and world’s best cricket stars fight it out on the pitch for the world’s most prestigious T20 trophy.
Keep the whistles coming Superfans! Our lions in the middle need it now more than ever!🙌🏻#RRvCSK #WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/8hGshtMmuJ
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 27, 2023
Most Popular Team: IPL takes over Twitter
Other than CSK, two other IPL franchises are also part of the the top 5 list in terms of interactions on twitter. In the 3rd position is Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) with 345 million interactions. RCB’s face is and always has been former Indian captain and superstar Virat Kohli, who even returned to captain the franchise this year after stepping down in 2021.
4th of the list with 274 million interactions is Ambani-owned Mumbai Indians (MI) who are the most successful team in IPL history with 5 titles to their name. Led by Indian National Team captain Rohit Sharma, Mumbai has a large fan base and a rich crickting history.
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