MS Dhoni's CSK is the most tweeted about team of IPL 2020

Even as Chennai Super Kings failed in delivering their best performance in the 13th edition of Indian Premier League, their popularity showed no signs of decline. CSK, which finished the tournament at the second last position in the points table in IPL 2020, were the most tweeted about team this season.

The 60-match tournament, which held in UAE this year amid the covid-19 surge in India, started on September 19 and ended on November 10.

As cricket fanatics could not witness the magic of the popular league in the stadium this year, they took to social medias to express their enthusiasm, calling it the only good thing about 2020.

Twitter, out of all the social media platforms, witnessed the most engagements with IPL matches trending every day.

While defending champions Mumbai Indians took the trophy home for the fifth time, it was Chennai Super Kings' fans who painted Twitter yellow as they showered #yellove expecting #whistlepodu moves from their team.

After CSK, Virat Kohli led RCB were the most tweeted about team this IPL season, followed by Mumbai Indians, SunRisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Capitals.

IPL also attracts a lot of reactions from players all around the globe. This year, maestro Sachin Tendulkar was avidly active on Twitter. One of his tweets praising the fielding effort by Kings XI Punjab's Nicholas Pooran against Rajasthan Royals during match number nine of IPL 2020.

"This is the best save I have seen in my life. Simply incredible!!" Tendulkar had tweeted. The tweet had garnered over 23,000 retweets on the social media platform.

The IPL 13 opener between two most successful teams of the tournament, CSK and MI, was the most tweeted about match of the season. It was followed by #MIvSRH (on October 4) and #MIvDC (the double Super Over match played on October 18).

Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli has emerged as the most tweeted about player in the tournament.