The Indian cricket team has made their fans proud as they won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 under the head coach Rahul Dravid. After winning the match, veteran cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirement from the T20I format. After tearful moments with the teammates on the victory, this Indian cricketer became most popular in WT20C 2024 finals.
India won the T20 World Cup finals against South Africa by 7 runs after a thrilling face-off between the two teams at Barbados. The men in blue went undefeated this season, winning all their matches and taking the trophy home.
Fan favorite: Rohit Sharma becomes the most popular player
According to a Sprinklr Insights survey, India’s World Cup-winning captain, Rohit Sharma, has become the most popular player on social media.
On the day of the India vs. South Africa ICC T20 World Cup final, Rohit Sharma received 70,222,648 interactions for his steady leadership and performance, according the study.
According to the poll, from late May to the present, cricket fans have created over 5.717 million conversations with over 1.293 billion engagements. This indicates how engaged Indian cricket fans are with the sport and their online networks. Most of these discussions happened on the websites X (previously Twitter) and Youtube.
This team surprisingly becomes one of the top 5 popular teams
The USA took part in the ICC T20 World Cup competition for the first time on a wild card entry, as the team’s country was serving as one of the co-hosts of the tournament. The USA cricket team defeated Pakistan in the group round, pulling off one of the biggest upsets in the tournament’s history.
Naturally, during the competition, interest in the USA’s T20 World Cup cricket team and team increased. The survey found that cricket fans’ online chats were dominated by the teams from India, South Africa, Oman, Australia, and the United States.
The American cricket team’s excitement was partly fueled by the presence of multiple Indian players at this World Cup. Former India under-19 player Saurabh Netravalkar generated the most buzz.
Netravalkar was also hailed by Indian fans for not only bashing Pakistan, but also being multi talented. For the unversed, Saurabh Netravalkar is a software engineer who works for a renowned company Oracle, and is also a musician as a hobby.
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