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

Most Tweeted emojis

Most Retweeted Tweets

Love unparalleled #VIVOIPL #KKRvCSK pic.twitter.com/kektbKnDVw

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 3, 2018

Brilliant beginning, Impactful Interval and a fearless finish!! A total team effort to win against @RCBTweets this evening in Pune. Keep the whistles blowing!! @ChennaiIPL #CSKvRCB #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/INCIMqa4iM

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) May 5, 2018

As @ChennaiIPL climb to the top of the #VIVOIPL points table, yet another fan rushes to meet his idol @msdhoni. #CSKvRCB #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/p14RVjGFs9

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 5, 2018

Always rate finishing games as a very high quality in batsman and KL Rahul did it so brilliantly today. Good performance by the boys and really well led by Ashwin #KXIPvRR

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 6, 2018

Congrats @KKRiders for the win, and the young star #ShubmanGill for steering your team to victory! #KKRvCSK we need to get better @ChennaiIPL we will bounce back strong 💪

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 3, 2018

Most Retweeted video

Love unparalleled #VIVOIPL #KKRvCSK pic.twitter.com/kektbKnDVw

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 3, 2018

What the players are saying:

Just for fun😜🤩 pic.twitter.com/7xoCz3tF75

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 7, 2018

Really pleased and happy to get MAN OF THE MATCH in my 100. T20s Match .thanks you each and every of my fans for their support and love 💖 🙌🏻🙌🏻👍🏻👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/vkIgEFWeRB

— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) May 6, 2018

Bro!!😎😎 @RishabPant777 pic.twitter.com/RIgDG0HO38

— Prithvi Shaw (@PrithviShaw) May 7, 2018

Brilliant beginning, Impactful Interval and a fearless finish!! A total team effort to win against @RCBTweets this evening in Pune. Keep the whistles blowing!! @ChennaiIPL #CSKvRCB #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/INCIMqa4iM

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) May 5, 2018

'King's of Good Times.👑Number 1 always. 👏 #GiveThanks #UniverseBoss @henrygayle pic.twitter.com/y8up4R3Z6u

— K L Rahul (@klrahul11) May 5, 2018