MS Dhoni tops IPL 2017 charts on Twitter; Mumbai Indians most talked about team

MS Dhoni is yet to fire on a regular basis with his bat in IPL 2017 with his team Rising Pune Supergiant, but continues to be the most talked about cricketer on micro-blogging site Twitter, while Mumbai Indians are the most talked about team

MS Dhoni hasn’t really had the best of runs with the bat in the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) with his team Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS). (FULL IPL 2017 COVERAGE)

MS Dhoni of Rising Pune Supergiant is the most talked about cricketer in IPL 2017 despite not hitting top form with the bat this season. (AFP)

The former India captain has scored 199 runs in the ten matches he has played, buoyed by a bit of a revival in recent games, with an unbeaten 61 being his highest score so far this season. (IPL 2017 SCHEDULE)

However, while Dhoni is yet to fire on a regular basis with his bat this term, he continues to be the most talked about cricketer on micro-blogging site Twitter.

For the fourth consecutive week of the tournament, Dhoni continues to lead the IPL player emoji leaderboard on Twitter. The player emoji concept was unveiled ahead of the new IPL season, with faces of a few select players being displayed as emojis whenever their names are hashtagged on Twitter.

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Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gamhir is placed second this week, while India and Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli is in the third spot.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has been placed fourth, ahead of RPS all-rounder Ben Stokes in fifth.

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians were the most talked about team in the fourth week of the tournament.

The super over thriller between Gujarat Lions and Mumbai Indians in Rajkot, meanwhile, was the most talked about match, with its official match hashtag ‘#GLvMI’ registering the highest number of mentions.