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Virat Kohli overtakes MS Dhoni, Becomes the most popular player of the IPL

Sarita Dey
9 months ago

Kohli overtakes MS Dhoni: Former India captain and RCB star batsman Virat Kohli has not won the IPL trophy like Mahendra Singh Dhoni. But Virat has defeated Dhoni in the social media war. Actually, Virat Kohli is at the top of the list of most discussed players during IPL 2023.

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Virat Kohli overtakes MS Dhoni

Kohli overtakes MS Dhoni

Virat Kohli has emerged as the most popular player on social media in IPL 2023 with 7 million social media ‘mentions’, according to IPG Media Brands’ social media report titled ‘IPL 2023: Unveiling the Roar’. However, his team could not even succeed in reaching the knockouts.

Kohli overtakes MS Dhoni

The report also states that Virat Kohli generated more brand-related conversations than the next nine players on the list. The report states that this shows their influence and engagement on the social platform.

Another name is Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has 6 million social media mentions.

The second name on this list is Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has 6 million social media mentions. Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma was in the third spot with 3 million social media mentions. CSK’s Ravindra Jadeja, Gujarat Titans’ Shubman Gill, and MI’s Suryakumar Yadav each had 1 million mentions on social media.

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The Gambhir-Kohli controversy got tremendous engagement

Rinku Singh’s historic match-winning knock against Gujarat Titans got the most likes on social media. While Kohli’s controversial spat with Gautam Gambhir and Naveen ul-Haq got the most mentions (270K) and was viewed over 4 million times. Got engagement.

Rinku Singh on the top of the list of emerging players

In the Emerging Players of IPL list – Rinku Singh continues to top the charts with 940,000 mentions, followed by Yashasvi Jaiswal (250,000 mentions) and Tilak Verma (190,000 mentions).

IPL 2023 turned out to be one of the busiest seasons of the tournament. With franchises generating 42 million mentions and 460 million engagements on social media.

Chennai Super Kings top on social media among teams

Chennai Super Kings were the most talked about team on social media this season, with 7.6 million mentions and 98 million engagements making CSK the most talked about team on social media. It is followed by Gujarat Titans (6.2 million mentions and 53 million engagements) and Mumbai Indians (5.4 million mentions and 69 million engagements). CSK won the IPL in 2023, giving them a total of five wins since the competition.

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