World Cup 2015: South Africa Most Twitter-Savvy Cricket Team; India Have Most Followers

South Africa is the most Twitter-savvy team in the ICC World Cup 2015. An inspection of the Twitter following of the players from the squads announced for the eight Test-playing nations reveals that 12 of the 15 players in the South Africa squad having verified Twitter accounts.(Pollock Dwells on South Africa's World Cup Woes)

Australia and England (11 players each) come second, while India share the third place with New Zealand (eight players each). Six West Indian players have verified accounts while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have three each.

Congratulations Dhoni bhai for this wonderful news. Happy fatherhood and lots of blessings to you and Sakshi also. May god bless you all

- Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 7, 2015

India however leads all other teams in terms of Twitter following. The combined follower base (15.7 million) for the Indian players with verified Twitter accounts is almost equal to that of the verified users from all other teams put together.

The squad for each team comprises 15 players, making a total of 120 players for the eight teams. Of these, 62 players (51 per cent of the total) have verified Twitter accounts.

#WeDemBoys after dinner @darrensammy88 @suliebenn #KillaMilla #BobbyTaylor http://t.co/rKur9YAqkd

- Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) February 8, 2015

#WeDemBoys after dinner @darrensammy88 @suliebenn #KillaMilla #BobbyTaylor http://t.co/rKur9YAqkd

- Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) February 8, 2015

Eight players have a fan following of 1 million or more. Four of these players are Indians -- Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma. The other four, in decreasing order of number of followers, are Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Michael Clarke.

#WeDemBoys after dinner @darrensammy88 @suliebenn #KillaMilla #BobbyTaylor http://t.co/rKur9YAqkd

- Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) February 8, 2015