Ranking IPL teams based on their Instagram followers

#4 Kolkata Knight Riders - Instagram Followers - 8,30,000

IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders is owned by one of the most popular celebrities of the country, Shahrukh Khan and so, the team had a huge fan following ever since the first season of the league.

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the Indian Premier League twice in 11 years and the Knights finished 3rd in the previous edition of the league. The Kolkata based franchise has 8,30,000 followers on the social network Instagram which shows the immense popularity of the team.

Captained by Indian wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik, the team has a lot of well-known names of cricket like Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, and Chris Lynn. The team was perfectly balanced in 2018 but the last minute injury to Mitchell Starc led to issues in the team. However, KKR would be looking to improve their performance in 2019.