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IPL 2017: Twitter Launches Player Emojis To Celebrate 10th Anniversary Of IPL

IPL 2017, just like all the previous edition, is one of the most anticipated league in India and since it is Indian Premier League’s 10th anniversary, IPL 2017 is even more special for cricket fans all over the world.

The cash-laden tournament has attracted fans from all over the world, thanks to the inclusion of foreign players, and companies have battled throughout all these years to grab the rights of Indian Premier League. From Pepsi to Vivo, every other biggie wants to sponsor this league, but there are only a handful that have managed to do so.

Life is all about finding another way and that’s what Twitter has done. Celebrating the 10th edition of Indian Premier League, the social media giant has introduced Emojis of 30 of the league’s biggest superstars including Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Brendon McCullum, Glenn Maxwell among others.

This is the first time that Twitter has introduced emojis for individuals in Indian and fans can unlock them throughout IPL 2017.

IndianPremierLeague on Twitter

FAN ALERT: A first for #Cricket. Special @Twitter emojis for #IPL’s biggest superstars. Go on, Tweet to unlock your favourite player’s emoji https://t.co/HUbz9hQbYZ

BCCI CEO Rahul Johri said, “The IPL has always been for the fans, with the fans, by the fans. From the Twitter Mirror to the IPL #calendar, IPL timeline to real-time videos, we have innovated every season to bring the IPL closer to our fans in partnership with Twitter. These special player Twitter emojis are a celebration of our superstars who light up the league and the love we have received from fans on Twitter. We would like to dedicate this launch to them and can’t wait to see the conversation that unfolds this season”.

Tweeting an IPL player emoji is really simple. Fans can Tweet using the particular player’s designated hashtag (#Yuvi for Yuvraj Singh) and an emoji version of the player will automatically appear after it, within the Tweet.

Here Is The Full List Of Player Emojis For IPL 2017

Delhi Daredevils

Chris Morris #ChrisMorris
Kagiso Rabada #Rabada
Zaheer Khan #ZaheerKhan

Gujarat Lions

Brendon McCullum #BrendonMcCullum
Ravindra Jadeja #Jaddu
Suresh Raina #SureshRaina

KingsXI Punjab

David Miller #DavidMiller
Eoin Morgan #EoinMorgan
Glenn Maxwell #GlennMaxwell

Kolkata Knight Riders

Gautam Gambhir #Gambhir
Manish Pandey #Pandey
Robin Uthappa #Uthappa
Sunil Narine #Narine
Yusuf Pathan #Yusuf

Mumbai Indians

Harbhajan Singh #Bhajji
Kieron Pollard #Pollard
Lasith Malinga #Malinga
Rohit Sharma #RohitSharma

Royal Challengers Bangalore

AB de Villiers #ABDeVilliers
Chris Gayle #ChrisGayle
Shane Watson #Watto
Virat Kohli #ViratKohli

Rising Pune Supergiant

Ajinkya Rahane #Rahane
Ben Stokes #Stokes
MS Dhoni #MSDhoni
Steve Smith #Smithy

Sunrisers Hyderabad

David Warner #DavidWarner
Shikhar Dhawan #Shikhar
Yuvraj Singh #Yuvi

These days, Twitter is the best place to see what’s happening and where. Over the last decade, there have been over 84 million IPL related tweets and the league has been one of the biggest and most followed one in the world. It’s been 10 years since IPL has been giving us all the thrilling action and entertainment and Twitter has given the best of gifts that IPL 2017 or even the concept deserves.

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