Ranking IPL teams based on their Instagram followers

#3 Chennai Super Kings - Instagram Followers - 16,30,000

Chennai Super Kings is one of the only three IPL teams to have over than 1 million followers on Instagram. The team is immensely popular in the southern part of India, especially in Tamil Nadu. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been the icon of this franchise since 2008 and he is one of the major reasons behind the team's wild fan following.

Chennai Super Kings have 1.6 million followers on Instagram which is more than the total of the followers of Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals. MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, and Ravindra Jadeja are the key Indian players of this franchise which even has talented foreigners like DJ Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Lungi Ngidi, Shane Watson, and many others.

Their head coach Stephen Fleming would be keen on helping the team retain their crown in 2019 after the team made a fairy-tale return to the league last year.