MS Dhoni surpasses Virat Kohli in most searched list during IPL 2017

MS Dhoni, Mumbai Indians and KKRvRCB were among the top three searches on Twitter in the 2017 Indian Premier League. Dhoni bettered Virat Kohli in the most-searched list

The final group stage match of the 2017 season of the Indian Premier League was played between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on May 14.

MS Dhoni superseded Virat Kohli and other players to be the most searched player on Twitter during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017. (BCCI)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 10 runs with Virat Kohli scoring 58 off 45 balls. He later received the award for being the top run-getter of the match, an award he handed to his fans while the post-match presentation was underway.

The gesture saw him win many hearts on social media. However, the India team captain was superseded by one other player in terms of mentions on Twitter — MS Dhoni.

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The former India and Rising Pune Supergiant captain Dhoni — recently nicknamed Baahubali on social media by RPS fans — was the most tweeted about player of the group stages of the IPL.

Dhoni’s Rising Pune Supergiant teammates Ben Stokes and current captain Steve Smith were also on the list of top 10 most tweeted player emojis during the IPL group stage.

Here is the top 10 list:

1.MS Dhoni (#MSDhoni) of Rising Pune Supergiant

2.Virat Kohli (#ViratKohli) of Royal Challengers Bangalore

3.Gautam Gambhir (#Gambhir) of Kolkata Knight Riders

4.Rohit Sharma (#RohitSharma) of Mumbai Indians

5.Suresh Raina (#SureshRaina) of Gujarat Lions

6.Yuvraj Singh (#Yuvi) of Sunrisers Hyderabad

7.AB de Villiers (#ABDeVilliers) of Royal Challengers Bangalore

8.David Warner (#DavidWarner) of Sunrisers Hyderabad

9.Ben Stokes (#Stokes) of Rising Pune Supergiant

10.Steve Smith (Smithy) of Rising Pune Supergiant

Of the 56 matches in the group stage, the Kolkata Knight Riders versus Royal Challengers Bangalore match at Eden Gardens on April 23 was the most tweeted about. Kolkata Knight Riders had won the match by 82 runs.

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Here are the top 5 most tweeted about matches in the group stages (tweeted about using the official hashtags)

1.#KKRvRCB

2.#RPSvMI

3.#SRHvRCB

4.#RCBvMI

5.#GLvKKR

Toppers of the group standings Mumbai Indians were the most tweeted about team in the week preceding the play-off round.

Mumbai Indians face second-placed Rising Pune Supergiant in the Qualifier 1 match at Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday while Sunrisers Hyderabad face Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator on Wednesday.

Here are the most talked about teams on Twitter in the past week:

1.Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)

2.Kolkata Knight Riders (@KKRiders)

3.Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)

4.Rising Pune Supergiant (@RPSupergiants)

5.Sunrisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)

6.Gujarat Lions (@TheGujaratLions)

7.Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip)

8.Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils)