‘Virat bhai ne sahi kaha tha waise’ – Fans react to RCB being one of top franchises in the world for social media engagement

No sporting event compares to how enthusiastically supporters around the world support the Indian Premier League on social media as well as on television. Teams are now competing on the pitch for the coveted championship in the league’s 16th season. But teams also take seriously a battle that takes place off the pitch: social media engagement. On all social media channels, where fans frequently check for details regarding their teams, the most costly cricket franchises in the world are closely followed.

Each team strives to create content for their followers in order to outperform the competition on social media sites including Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook by garnering the most responses, likes, shares, comments, and retweets. The Royal Challengers Bangalore certainly are a top content provider and have been effective in gaining engagement from fans all around the country. They are promoted by the parody character Mr. Nags and have been a treat to watch till now over the years.

They received support from their dedicated following on social media as a result of their recent improvement on the pitch, and in March, they racked up 53 million interactions and more than 168,000,000 engagements for the month of March compared to a huge fan base, placing them third among all the sports teams in the world on the rankings of social media participation graphs for the month.

Josh Hazelwood, the bowler for Royal Challengers Bangalore, will surely be poised to make his 11th appearance for the Faf du Plessis-led team in their match versus Lucknow Super Giants on May 1 at Ekana Stadium. The Australian pacer, who didn’t participate in the Border Gavaskar Trophy  2023 against India, is scheduled to play his very first competitive match in four months.

In order to put themselves in the running for the playoffs in the IPL 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore will be looking to get back to winning ways when they step out to play their next five games on the road, beginning on May 1 against the Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow.

Fans react to RCB being one of top franchises in the world for social media engagement:

Top 3 social media engagements in March:

1. FC Barcelona – 273M.
2. Real Madrid – 189M.
3. RCB – 168M.

– RCB only cricketing franchise in Top 3!

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 28, 2023

RCB has nailed the marketing game by creating a strong brand that's more than just cricket.

They offer exclusive fan experiences and partner with top brands. RCB has become more of a lifestyle brand than a simple cricket team over the years!

— Anurag Bansal (@businesswbansal) April 28, 2023

The positions in League World number 3 congratulations @RCBTweets @IPL

— Arvind Raghava (@ArvindRaghava5) April 28, 2023

Congratulations to all of them the world’s biggest football Spanish league team real Madrid world number 2 @realmadrid

— Arvind Raghava (@ArvindRaghava5) April 28, 2023

Even in this RCB couldnt be on no 1 and win it 😂😂

— Pooh (@ThodaYehThodaWo) April 28, 2023

Trophies won't give you fans

— A. (@rcb_itcell) April 28, 2023

RCB Because Of Virat Kohli ♥️🔥👑 pic.twitter.com/RAGbDl5nBl

— Priya 💫 (@_ThisisPriya) April 28, 2023

Can this engagement/sentiment analysis be seggreated b/w "Positive engagements" and "Negatives"? Might show better picture

— Nilanjan Sen (@nilanjan_2wts) April 28, 2023

Great but win the trophy

— Hemant (@hemant_18_0) April 28, 2023

And 'The Social Media Award' goes to … pic.twitter.com/u1UDl3xn4l

— Anonýmous 💫 (@__Anoonymous__) April 28, 2023

Greatest franchise for a reason 🐐

— ` (@ImLeser17) April 28, 2023