Sachin is most searched IPL player in Google

Google India announced its IPL Zeitgeist for 2010 an insight into the most searched teams and players during IPL 3.

Google India on Thursday announced its 2nd IPL Zeitgeist for 2010 an insight into the most searched teams and players during the 3rd season of the Indian Premier League. Sachin Tendulkar emerged as the most searched Indian cricketer,followed by Saurav Ganguly.

Shane Warne continued to be the most searched international player at the IPL,for the second year running. Conspicuous by their absence were popular names such as M S Dhoni,Virender Sehwag and ‘the Fake IPL Player’,who moved off the top 10 this year. Adam Gilchrist,Ryan Harris and Praveen Kumar made their debut on the list at number 7,8 and 9 respectively.

Among the teams,Deccan Chargers ousted the Mumbai Indians from the top slot,who emerged as a close second. Chennai Super Kings rounded up the top 3 teams,as Kolkata Knight Riders dropped to number 4 this year.

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Super Over emerged as the most searched IPL related query on YouTube followed by Chennai Super Kings. Yusuf Pathan,who did not make it to the IPL Zeitgeist on Google Search,emerged as the most searched player on YouTube.

To compile the 2010 IPL Zeitgeist,Google studied the aggregation of queries pertaining to IPL that people typed into Google search during the IPL season 3. Google used data from multiple sources,including Insights for Search,Google Trends and internal data tools.

Most searched IPL player:

2010/ 2009

Sachin Tendulkar/Fake IPL Player

Sourav Ganguly/Sachin Tendulkar

Shane Warne/M.S. Dhoni

Yuvraj Singh/Yuvraj Singh

Rahul Dravid/Sourav Ganguly

Brett Lee/Rahul Dravid

Adam Gilchrist/Virender Sehwag

Ryan Harris/Shane Warne

Praveen Kumar/Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh/VVS Laxman

Top 10 IPL Teams

2010/2009

Deccan Chargers/Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians/Kolkata Knight Riders

Chennai Super Kings/Deccan Chargers

Kolkata Knight Riders/Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals/Chennai Super Kings

Delhi Daredevils/Delhi Daredevils

Kings XI Punjab/Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore/Kings XI Punjab

Top 10 Most Searched Queries on YouTube

Super Over

Chennai Super Kings

Match 22

Kolkata Knight Riders

Match 21

Yusuf Pathan

Mumbai Indians

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