Chennai remain Kings on and off the field, dominating conversation on Twitter - Week 3
With the 11th season of the biggest T20 league underway, the conversation around #IPL is heating up on Twitter. Sports fans have been kept on the edge of their seats, as a bulk of the matches have gone down to the wire with the last-over finishes. Twitter is where conversations around cricket happen, and with the IPL it’s no different. Since the start of April, there’s been over 5 million Tweets on cricket from teams, players and fans alike. That’s an 81% increase in conversation volume compared with the same period a year ago!
#VIVOIPL had its share of enthralling action in Week 3 of the tournament on the ground and on Twitter. Week 3 of the T20 league has produced some jaw dropping moments which has raised the excitement levels among fans.
Here’s what fans are talking about on Twitter in week 3:
Most Tweeted team emoji hashtags
Most mentioned matches
Most Tweeted about moments
- After being taken to the cleaners by tail-ender Rashid Khan, DJ bravo held his nerve and won CSK the match on the last ball of a nail-biting clash #SRHvCSK
- Cometh the hour, Cometh the man. K Gowtham, the unlikely hero for RR hits a six on the second-last ball of the innings to win his side the match #RRvMI
- Chris Gayle – The Universe Boss hits the first 100 of the #VIVOIPL #KXIPvSRH
- Mr 360°, AB De Villiers hit 90 runs off 39 balls in a man-of-the-match performance to win his team the match with two overs to spare #RCB
- Shane Watson’s 100 after being given a new life twice in the innings, helped CSK down RR #CSKvRR
Most trended hashtags (most Tweeted non-match hashtags)
- #csk
- #rcb
- #whistlepodu
- #kxip
- #srh
Most mentioned teams (12-17 April)
Most Tweeted emojis
Top 5 Most Retweeted Tweets
https://twitter.com/virendersehwag/status/987041522825691137
https://twitter.com/sambillings/status/988081521943773185
https://twitter.com/KP24/status/988098476260159488
https://twitter.com/RanveerOfficial/status/986310344925761536
https://twitter.com/harbhajan_singh/status/986280805004537857
Most Retweeted video
How good has @henrygayle been tonight?
He brings up his 6th IPL 💯 #UniverseBoss pic.twitter.com/jtVcz1IiZk
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