Ranking IPL teams on the basis of social media followers

IPL has become one of the most prominent leagues in the world. Every year players from around the world come to India to showcase their talent at this platform. These players, with their performances, create a faith in everyone that they are going to lead their team to the title. Cricket fans all over the world love and support them.

Along with fans, social media has also played an important role in making the tournament into what it is at this moment of time. All IPL teams use social network sites to connect with the fans. The BCCI have also used the platform in a good manner, hosting Twitter battles and updating the official IPL handle with match videos regularly.

Also, the fan connect of all the eight teams is immense and will once again fight it out in the upcoming season.

Below are the most followed IPL teams on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter).

8. Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals are making their comeback in IPL after two years. They were suspended along with CSK due to their involvement in spot-fixing and betting.

Royals won the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008 under Shane Warne, defeating Chennai Super Kings. Apart from winning the inaugural edition of IPL, Royals also reached the final of Champions League T20 in 2013, losing out to Mumbai Indians in the end.

Some great players like Shane Warne, Rahul Dravid, Steve Smith have played for them in previous editions of IPL.

They have around 4 million likes on their Facebook pages along with 1m on Twitter. With their captain Steve Smith banned from playing IPL this year, the onus would be on Ajinkya Rahane to help the side win their second IPL title.

Facebook: 3.7m

Instagram: 0.21m

Twitter: 0.98m

Total: 4.89m