World Cup 2015: Team India most followed on twitter; South Africa most twitter-savvy team

The official handle of BCCI has 15.7 million followers which is three times more than the second team.

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South Africans most twitter savvy of the bunch while Indians command the largest following. (Source: AP)

An inspection of the Twitter following of the players from the squads announced for the eight test-playing nations in the ICC World Cup 2015 reveals that South Africa is the most Twitter-savvy team, with 12 of the 15 players in the squad having verified Twitter accounts. Australia and England come second in the list, while India shares the third place with New Zealand.

India however leads all other teams in terms of Twitter following. The combined follower base for the Indian players with verified Twitter accounts is almost equal to that of the verified users from all other teams put together.

The squad for each team comprises 15 players, making a total of 120 players for the eight teams. Of these, 62 players (~51 percent of the total) have verified Twitter accounts.

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Eight players have a fan following of 1 million or more. Four of these players are Indians – Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma. The other four, in decreasing order of number of followers, are Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Michael Clarke.

Most Twitter Savvy team Most Twitter Followers

South Africa (12 players) India (~15.7 million)
Australia and England (11 players) South Africa (~5.7 million)
India and New Zealand (8 players) Australia (~3.6 million)
West Indies (6 players) England (~2.6 million)
Pakistan and Sri Lanka (3 players) West Indies (~2.4 million)
New Zealand (~0.63 million)
Pakistan (~0.62 million)
Sri Lanka (~0.56 million)