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Skikhar Dhawan's popularity increases on Twitter

Updated on: 12 March,2015 07:59 AM IST  | 
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Prolific left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan was once again the most talked about Indian cricketer on Twitter, as his ton on Tuesday helped the defending champions beat Ireland in a World Cup Pool B encounter at the Seddon Park

Skikhar Dhawan's popularity increases on Twitter

Shikhar Dhawan

Hamilton: Prolific left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan was once again the most talked about Indian cricketer on Twitter, as his ton on Tuesday helped the defending champions beat Ireland in a World Cup Pool B encounter at the Seddon Park.

Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan 


India chased down Ireland's total of 259 runs with eight wickets and 79 balls to spare courtesy knocks from Dhawan (100) and Rohit Sharma (64).


Right-hander Rohit was the second most popular 'man-in-blue' on the social networking site, followed by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, according to a report from Twitter released yesterday. The game saw a Tweet Live Impression of 25.1 million users.


For Ireland it was their charismatic middle order-bat Niall O'Brien who was at the helm of the Twitter conversations, followed by their captain William Porterfield and power-hitting opener Paul Sterling.

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