Shikhar Dhawa and Virat Kohli
Shikhar Dhawa and Virat Kohli (PIC: Gettyimages)
  • Shikhar Dhawan’s 100 was the most tweeted about moment of the match
  • Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) was the most tweeted about player during #INDvAUS
  • The video Tweet by @ICC on Virat’s gesture for Steve Smith was the most retweeted Tweet

India, 10, June, 2019: It was a moment of celebration for Indian cricket fans as #TeamIndia beat Australia by 36 runs in their second match of ICC Cricket World Cup #CWC19. #TeamIndia’s dominating performance kept fans on the edge and Twitter buzzing. From the moment the teams came out for the national anthem, to KL Rahul hitting the final ball of the innings for four, India’s players were cheered by a sell-out, vociferous crowd on the field and on Twitter.

Most Tweeted about players

Here are the most tweeted about players from #INDvAUS match:

  1. Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
  2. MS Dhoni (@msdhoni)
  3. Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25)
  4. Steve Smith (@stevesmith49)
  5. Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45)

Most Tweeted about moments

It was a stunning batting display Shikhar Dhawan impressed everyone with a brilliant 100 and fans on Twitter couldn’t stop talking about it making it the most Tweeted about moment. Here are the top 3 moments basis the conversation peaks from #INDvAUS:

  1. Shikhar Dhawan 100 – his 6th century in @ICC tournaments
  2. Hardik Pandya’s whirlwind 27-ball 48 which helped Indian cross 350 runs
  3. 127-run opening partnership between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan – They became the 1st Indian opening pair to post a century stand against Australia in any World Cup match

Most Retweeted Tweets from #INDvAUS

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/urstrulyMahesh/status/1137666067868790785

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/SDhawan25/status/1137793187248918529

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/sachin_rt/status/1137685162882265088

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1137688833166909440