IPL 2018: CSK, RCB dominate Twitter in Week 5
Week 5 of the IPL saw the two big teams from the South face off, as #CSK took on #RCB. Dhoni and Co. cruised to a 6-wicket win against the side from Bangalore, and the Yellow Army took Twitter by storm once again.
#CSKvsRCB was the most talked about match on the platform in the week, while Chennai remained the most mentioned team. Cricket speaks your language on Twitter, and this week #whistlepodu, #kkrhaitaiyaar and #cricketmerijaan featured as the most trended non-match hashtags.
Most mentioned matches
#cskvrcb
#kkrvcsk
#srhvrcb
Most Tweeted about moments
1. A brilliant batting display by the Kolkata Knight Riders helped them chase down a target of 178 runs in just 17.4 overs against the favourites Chennai Super Kings #KKRvCSK
2. Bhuvneshwar Kumar knocks the stumps from the ground to get Colin de Grandhomme's wicket and the Sunrisers Hyderabad victory in a match where they were defending a small total of 146 #SRHvRCB
3. Ben Cutting smashes one out of the ground for a six but in vain as RCB win their third match of this year's IPL, by 13 runs #RCBvMI
4. MS Dhoni ended things in style to get Chennai Super Kings another resounding win against RCB #CSKvRCB
5. Mumbai Indians live to fight another day as they win the match against KKR by 13 runs #MIvKKR
Most trended hashtags (most Tweeted non-match hashtags)
#whistlepodu
#yellove
#mumbaiindians
#kkrhaitaiyaar
#cricketmerijaan
Most mentioned teams
Most Tweeted team emoji hashtags
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Most Retweeted video
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