#ThankyouSachin: BCCI breaks Twitter record with Sachin Tendulkar farewell messages
Sachin Tendulkar is all about creating records and even while retiring he created another. This time off the field; on Twitter.
Fans from all over the world took to Twitter and paid their tributes through #ThankYouSachin, honouring the legend as he drew the curtains on his illustrious 24-year career.
The Board of Control for Cricket India (@BCCI), Twitter (@TwitterIndia) and Digigraph (@digigraphme) formed a partnership and gave away to the fans a historical piece of memorabilia; they replied with a digitally autographed photo of the master to everyone who tweeted #ThankYouSachin to @BCCI during the historical farewell series.
According to BCCI, the #ThankYouSachin campaign generated more than 3 million tweets and the Digigraphs were viewed more than 4 million times.
Here are a few tweets that poured in to congratulate the master batsmen on his success journey.
What a remarkable career @sachin_rt. Wish you the very best moving forward #ThankYouSachin
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) November 15, 2013
Congrats to @sachin_rt. He is a true sporting legend and achieved so much in his incredible career. #ThankYouSachin — Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) November 14, 2013
The king and his kingdom!! #ThankYouSachin pic.twitter.com/z1h5aZAaIT — Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) November 17, 2013
http://t.co/mdhDRtYqy2 Look wat i got. Thanks sachin for being the legend in my life, will always luk up to u and learn
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) November 13, 2013
Saluting you @Sachin_RT on your last Test match. Thanks for all the wonderful cricket you’ve shown us over the last 25 years, we’ll miss you
— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) November 13, 2013
Sad day for cricket to watch #SachinRetire . @sachin_rt you will be missed. An honor to have played with you. Thanks 4 all the entertainment — Azhar Mahmood (@AzharMahmood11) November 16, 2013
India transfixed by @sachin_rt‘s final test match. Today I sent him this pic of his 1st century in the UK #Tendulkar pic.twitter.com/OWdxALUGvb — David Cameron (@David_Cameron) November 14, 2013
And to all those messages, this is what Sachin Tendulkar replied. This tweet is incidentally the most retweeted Tweet of all time in India.
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