Year in review: Top tweets of 2013

It has been a fantastic year for cricket fans with some fabulous contests between bat and ball. And many of these fans took to Twitter to express their joys and frustrations. Here’s a collection of the best tweets in the year:

Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement

Sachin Tendulkar in his last Test match

Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement this year in October just ahead of the Test series against the West Indies. Incidentally, the 2nd and last Test of the series was his 200th Test as well. Only player to do so.

BCCI in partnership with Twitter India and Digigraph came up with a huge campaign ‘#ThankYouSachin’ which was a major success on the micro blogging site. The campaign provided digital signatures to the fans when anyone used to tweet to @BCCI with a #ThankYouSachin hashtag.

Tweet a message for Sachin to @BCCI with #ThankYouSachin & we will tweet you a personalized picture of @sachin_rt pic.twitter.com/nlvSumUGfQ

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 6, 2013

This picture of Tendulkar with the 22-yard strip will remain in every fans’ memory forever.

A truly unforgettable moment! #Respect #ThankYouSachin pic.twitter.com/MFC5BKeH9m

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 23, 2013

A pic of teary-eyed Tendulkar.

The final, moist good bye from apna Sachin. #ThankYouSachin #ThankYouCricket #BestOf2013 #cricket #ForeverCricCrazy pic.twitter.com/bkRdqorj34

— Nikhil CCN™ (@CricCrazyNIKS) December 26, 2013

Sachin’s reply to his fans, which you can see generated more than 17,000 retweets.

I am really touched with #ThankYouSachin messages. Your support all these years have inspired me to give my best.

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 13, 2013

Last but not the least, a tribute the great man.

The Tendulkar Flip book – Absolute brilliant creative work #Mustwatch #ThankyouSachin http://t.co/JdR8yMmx7G

— jigar mehta (@jigsactin) November 20, 2013