Cricketer's first Tweets including Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli and more
Twitter turned 10 yesterday and it is hard to see a medium being as important in reducing the barrier between sportsmen and their fans quite like Twitter has done in the last decade.
As Twitter celebrated it’s 10th birthday, the list of players who have made headlines on Twitter is only on the rise. So let us take a look at what the first Tweets of some of those cricketers were.
Here are some of the best first tweets of cricketers:
There are lots of things to do on your birthday, joining Twitter was something Anil Kumble did:
Finally on Twitter...& on a day that am a yr older and hopefully wiser! Looking forward...cheers
— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) October 17, 2014
It is one thing to make an entrance and quite another to announce that you are going to make one like Yuvraj Singh did:
Coming Soon !!!!
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) July 25, 2009
Some people do not feel especially strongly about Twitter, but thankfully MS Dhoni isn’t one of them:
feels good to be connected!!!!!!!!
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) September 17, 2010
Glenn Maxwell has to one of the best cricketers on Twitter and it all began with a question to a teammate:
@AaronFinch5 When do you take off Al?
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) March 24, 2011
James Faulkner has been involved in some of the best Twitter banter in the recent past:
@mitchmarsh235 @calferguson12 @tdpaine36 @beery19 It's a pleasure to be involved on Twitter with u boys!
— James Faulkner (@JamesFaulkner44) June 15, 2011
After a long time and a lot of clamoring from plenty of fans, Sachin Tendulkar finally obliged and he said as much in his first tweet.
Finally the original SRT is on twitter n the first thing I'd like to do is wish my colleagues the best in the windies,
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 4, 2010
Shikhar Dhawan kicked things off in style, after India won the ICC Champions Trophy:
We Are Champions pic.twitter.com/sJ7yh3cqjC
— Shikhar Dhawan (@imshikharD) June 24, 2013
Shakib Al Hasan makes you wonder what he wanted to do there:
tysey6ului7tsdtuyfd65
— Shakib Al Hasan (@Sah75official) June 1, 2010
The award for best undecipherable Tweet has to go to Faf du Plessis:
At hand specialist
— Faf Du Plessis (@faf1307) April 29, 2010
Ravichandran Ashwin has always been an eloquent and intelligent speaker and that was reflected in his first tweet:
I wish i cud have been in chennai to join in my hands for the protests..INDIA is surely turning it around...
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) August 20, 2011
Cricketers don't always have to tweet about cricket, as AB de Villiers shows here:
Barbados!!! Released my 1st music video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-RSj4RXy2Y It's Afrikaans, releasing our 1st English song soon.
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) May 3, 2010
Kevin Pietersen has always been a controversial character but you wouldn’t know that if you read his first tweet:
Back on twitter for good now...
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) July 26, 2010
Virender Sehwag opens another innings in his life in typical Sehwag fashion:
Opening the Twitter innings!!! Yeh mera effort hai aap se directly connect karne ka. I am excited to start sharing and tweeting..
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 19, 2010
Some people take time to think about their first tweet but not Chris gayle, who shows that he is someone who always goes with the flow:
I'm heading to bed in 10mins!!
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) June 8, 2009
What was Dwayne Bravo trying to do here? Start off with one and finish with all 26? Bizarre:
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— Dwayne DJ Bravo (@DJBravo47) September 6, 2010
Former England spinner gets off to a comic start as his side were shocked by Netherlands in the ICC World T20:
wondering what was in those cakes the dutch gave us as pre match nibbles...
— Graeme Swann (@Swannyg66) June 5, 2009
Glenn McGrath shows that Australians have a funny bone as well:
G'day everyone, first time tweeting. Thought it about time I joined the 21st century. Sitting at the airport on my way to Carnarvon, WA.
— Glenn McGrath (@glennmcgrath11) March 25, 2011
You can always count on Freddie to provide you with a laugh. And few have managed to do that better in their first tweet:
No idea what I'm meant to do on this ! Going to mexico with goughie tomorrow I'm sure he'll know . Please help !
— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) September 28, 2010
Mitchell Johnson might have been a ferocious fast bowler but his first Tweet was sweet:
My first tweet and I'd like to say hi to my lovely wife and beautiful daughter :-)
— Mitchell Johnson (@MitchJohnson398) July 20, 2013
Virat Kohli cannot contain his emotions about the upcoming game, not about joining Twitter in his first tweet:
@yuvsingh09 Aiieeeeeee me too me too
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 4, 2009
Harbhajan Singh shows he isn’t averse to trying new things:
Hey, let's try this twitter thing :)
— Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) August 10, 2011