The Indian cricket team has grabbed the most searched team recognition on the Internet for the ongoing World Cup, while England have bagged the second position out of the 10 participating teams in a study conducted by SEMrush, the online visibility management and content marketing SaaS platform.
The study further revealed that the Men in Blue have received 2,76,750 average monthly searches while England has 12,0375 searches under its name followed by West Indies, Pakistan and Australia.
The study was conducted between January and April 2019. Comparatively, in 2018, England was the most searched team with 43,3,208 average monthly searches.
Likewise, the study has also revealed Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni as the most popular players in the 2019 World Cup between January to April 2019.
The Indian skipper was searched the most with 21,10,000 search entries and Dhoni 12,35,750 times followed by Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma and Andre Russell. They were also the most popular cricket players in 2018 as well.
The Indian cricket team began its campaign in the 2019 Cricket World Cup with a comfortable six-wicket win over South Africa in its opening match of the tournament.
Riding on a century by Rohit Sharma, India chased down the target of 228 with two overs to spare and compound South Africa's woes in this year's tournament. The Proteas are yet to win a game and have lost three games in a row so far.
Captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat. However, a fiery opening spell by fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah meant South Africa had lost both their openers in the first six overs. The defeat leaves South Africa's hopes of staying in the World Cup in the balance. The team was further dented by the loss of pace spearhead Dale Steyn, who was ruled out of the tournament through injury, in the run-up to this game.
Meanwhile, India scored its first points in the tournament and will now play Australia in its second game on Sunday.
(With inputs from IANS)