Last Update: January 31, 2023, 12:14 PM IST
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) unveiled their new logo.
Legends like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle and Dale Steyn have played for RCB. In fact, Kohli is still with the Bengaluru-based outfit. RCB have often underperformed in the IPL due to an unbalanced squad, bizarre team selection, gross inconsistency and suffocation in close matches.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is one of the most popular franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Though they have not won any IPL title, RCB has managed to garner a huge fan base. Now die-hard fans of RCB are going gaga over a report by sports management firm Deportes and Finances. As per this report, RCB was among the five most popular sports teams on Instagram in 2022. Prestigious football clubs like Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Manchester United and Paris St. Germain rank above RCB in terms of popularity.
A Twitter user posted about the IPL franchise. This tweet has been viewed over 300,000 times. Fans have made interesting comments under this tweet.
Top 5 most popular sports teams in terms of conversation 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 the only cricketing franchise!
– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 30, 2023
RCB was the most popular cricket team and 5th most popular sports team on Instagram in 2022. — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 30, 2023
An RCB fan wrote, ‘Winning the trophy is not important. Hearts have to be won. And RCB is the most perfect example of this.
Winning trophy is not important.. winning hearts is… and RCB is the most perfect example. Vinay Gambit (@gvinay0) January 30, 2023
Another Twitter user trolled RCB for not winning the IPL yet.
To all CSK and MI fans please leave him alone since IPL this is the only thing they can celebrate- Retired 🥀 (@Sense_Detected) January 30, 2023
This fan wondered whether Instagram popularity is the right parameter to judge a cricket team.
Do you think Instagram popularity is the right yardstick to judge a cricket team? I mean its good for business but is it good for cricket????- Aditya (@aditya10on9) January 30, 2023
Many also said that the popularity of RCB can be attributed to the success of Virat Kohli. One of the most iconic RCB players, Virat Kohli, has been a part of the franchise since its inception.
Virat Kohli is responsible for almost 95% of the popularity. January 30, 2023
Legends like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle and Dale Steyn have played for RCB. In fact, Kohli is still with the Bengaluru-based outfit.
RCB have often underperformed in the IPL due to an unbalanced squad, bizarre team selection, gross inconsistency and suffocation in close matches.
RCB had revealed the list of retained players for the next season of IPL on November 15 last year. The three-time runners-up have chosen to back their core group of players for the upcoming season of IPL.
RCB’s team includes T20 specialists like Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Siraj, David Willey, Dinesh Karthik and Wanindu Hasaranga. They have also traded Jason Behrendorff to Mumbai Indians and released Chama Milind, Sherfane Rutherford, Lavnith Sisodia and Anishwar Gautam. In the mini-auction, RCB bought Reece Topley, Will Jacques, Himanshu Sharma, Will Jacques, Manoj Bhandge, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh and Sonu Yadav. Millions of RCB fans are hoping that captain Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli Can lead RCB towards IPL glory this year.
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