MUMBAI: India maintained their dominance over arch-rivals Pakistan in World Cup history when the Virat Kohli-led team thrashed Pakistan by 89 runs at Old Trafford, Manchester on Sunday. It was for the seventh consecutive time in the history of the showpiece event when the Green Brigade failed to put up a show against the Men in Blue.
While an estimated billion viewers witnessed the action on the field, the game broke cricket records on microblogging site Twitter by becoming the most tweeted about one day international (ODI) match, generating 2.9 million tweets. While there was dialogue between both countries on the platform, when official hashtags like #TeamIndia and #WeHaveWeWill were compared, as well as the number of tweets mentioning Indian cricketers and Pakistani cricketers, the Indian side dominated the conversation.
Meanwhile, India skipper Kohli, who also became the fastest player to achieve the milestone of 11,000 ODI runs during the game, was the most tweeted about player in the game. India opener Rohit Sharma, who notched up his 24th century in ODI as he played a brilliant 140-run knock to help India post a challenging 336/5, was second on the list and followed by Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, all-rounder Shoaib Malik and wicket-keeper MS Dhoni.
When it came to retweets, a tweet by Rohit celebrating his second century of the ongoing tournament, topped the charts.
Most Tweeted About Moments
1. Vijay Shankar taking a wicket off his first World Cup ball
2. Rohit Sharma’s brilliant innings of 140 runs; his second 100 of CWC19
3. Rain interruption in the first half of the innings during Team India’s batting
