90 lakh discussed Ind-Pak match on Facebok, 17 lakh tweeted

February 16, 2015 20:25

The India-Pakistan World Cup cricket match at Adelaide was discussed by about 90 lakh people on Facebook, while nearly 16.94 lakh tweeted about the clash of the arch-rivals.

There were also 2.5 crore interactions about the match yesterday on Facebook, the world's biggest social media platform said in statement. Interestingly, while 5.9 million people in India had 16.9 million interactions on Facebook about the match, 1.1 million in Pakistan had 3.3 million interactions.

The most discussed players were 'Men of the Match' Virat Kohli (scored a century) of India and Sohail Khan of Pakistan (scalped 5 wickers). Microblogging site Twitter said a total of 16.94 lakh tweets were sent out during the game.

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