IPL 2023: The Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore is now one of the most popular sports clubs in the world. According to a report RCB was among the five most popular sports teams on Instagram in 2022. Iconic football clubs like Paris Saint Germain, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and FC Barcelona are above RCB in terms of popularity. Die-hard RCB fans are going gaga over the report. However, some social media users are trolling Red and Gold Army saying that this is the only thing they can celebrate, as RCB hadn’t won the IPL yet. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 LIVE Updates with INSIDESPORT.IN.
IPL 2023: ‘Only thing they can celebrate’ RCB fans get Trolled after Red and Gold Army get featured as only cricket franchise in top 5 popular sports clubs alongside Real Madrid, Manchester United, PSG, CHECK Out
According to a report by sports management firm Deportes & Finanzas, RCB was the 5th most popular sports teams in terms of interaction on Instagram in 2022. The first in this list was Real Madrid with 2.10B. FC Barcelona was second with 1.78B, Manchester United with 1.40B is third, PSG is fourth with 1.07B, and then RCB with 948M.
Top 5 most popular sports teams in terms of interaction in 2022:
1. Real Madrid – 2.10B.
2. FC Barcelona – 1.78B.
3. Manchester United – 1.40B.
4. PSG – 1.07B.
5. RCB – 948M.– RCB only cricketing franchise!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 30, 2023
A Twitter user posted about the Royal Challengers banglore. This tweet gone viral with over 300,000 views. Fans have dropped interesting comments under this tweet. Some RCB fans are going crazy over the report. One RCB fan wrote, “Winning trophies is not important. Winning hearts is. And RCB is the most perfect example of that.”
Winning trophies is not important.. winning hearts is…and RCB is the most perfect example of that.❤️
— Vinay Gamit (@gvinay0) January 30, 2023
IPL 2023: ‘Only thing they can celebrate’ RCB fans get Trolled after Red and Gold Army get featured as only cricket franchise in top 5 popular sports clubs alongside Real Madrid, Manchester United, PSG, CHECK Out
On the other hand, another Twitter user trolled RCB fans over the fact that the team hadn’t won the IPL yet. Fan wrote, “To all CSK nd MI fans plz leave them alone this is the only thing that they can celebrate since IPL.”
To all CSK nd MI fans plz leave them alone this is the only thing that they can celebrate since IPL
— Retired 🥀 (@Sense_Detected) January 30, 2023
While one fan seems to be confused about whether Instagram popularity is the right parameter to judge a cricket team. He wrote, “Do you think instagram popularity is a right parameter to judge a cricket team. I mean its good for business but is it good for cricket ????”
Do you think instagram popularity is a right parameter to judge a cricket team. I mean its good for business but is it good for cricket ????
— Aditya (@aditya10on9) January 30, 2023
RCB had revealed the list of players they have retained for the upcoming season of IPL. Three-time runners-up have chosen to back its core group of players.
RCB’s Final squad: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Faf Du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahemad, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Will Jacks, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav
IPL 2023: ‘Only thing they can celebrate’ RCB fans get Trolled after Red and Gold Army get featured as only cricket franchise in top 5 popular sports clubs alongside Real Madrid, Manchester United, PSG, CHECK Out
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