Remember when Paul Pogba got an emoji of his own on Twitter? He became the first Premier League player to get his own emoji. Well, now he has company, with as many as 30 cricketers getting special emojis on Twitter ahead of the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League starting Wednesday.
This is the first time that cricketers have got customised emojis on the social network platform. The list of the players include Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Steve Smith, David Warner, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuvraj Singh and more.
Check out all the emojis here:
FAN ALERT: A first for #Cricket. Special @Twitter emojis for #IPL's biggest superstars. Go on, Tweet to unlock your favourite player's emoji pic.twitter.com/HUbz9hQbYZ
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 5, 2017
Check out some of the Aussie #IPL stars with their own emoji this season!#Smithy #DavidWarner #GlennMaxwell#Watto pic.twitter.com/7WNRgOXeAr
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) April 5, 2017
There was a lot of praise from fans for the special emojis on Twitter...
This emoji thing from IPL is kinda cool
— Shadabian (@misbahfied22) April 5, 2017
Great to See Special Twitter emojis for 10th edition of #IPL
— Rajesh Khilare (@Cricrajeshpk) April 5, 2017
Emojis of Captains😍 #IPL #VIVOIPLEdition#Viratkohli #sureshraina #davidwarner #GlennMaxwell #ZaheerKhan #Smithy #Gambhir#RohitSharma
— ARUN SIDD (@adyararun01) April 5, 2017
I love you @Twitter. You always come up with the best. Twitter emojis for IPL #Viratkohli #Yuvi #Smithy #msdhoni #ABDevilliers
— Akhila Das (@SimplyAkhila) April 5, 2017
Go on and tweet #Cricket special @Twitter emojis for #IPL's biggest superstars. pic.twitter.com/cWhylSs522
— KRISHNA GAJRE (@krishnagajre) April 5, 2017
And some suggestions too...
Finally Emojis for #IPL & SPL Emoji's for Players It Would Be Better if they Give Separate Emoji for teams too
— Balaji (@Balaji_201) April 5, 2017
Hey @Twitter Why there is no emoji for Lord Ishant ? This is injustice #IPL
— ßєคɾɖ ßɷყ 🇮🇳🏏 (@BeingFlicked) April 5, 2017
The one emoji that #IPL10 needed but Twitter didn't give them #Ishant pic.twitter.com/96qX9NSobX
— Ashish Magotra (@clutchplay) April 5, 2017
#Malinga has the best looking emoji out of all. #IPL https://t.co/MBHtLO2r7W
— Logan ⚓ (@KawdaBoy) April 5, 2017
Fans of Ravichandran Ashwin, who is missing the IPL due to injury even created am emoji for him.
Since #IPL missed to create an emoji for our #ChennaiPride @ashwinravi99 Anna, we have created one with his precious smile 😍 ❤️ #AshwinPride pic.twitter.com/OvzBpjPZwg
— Ashwin Anna Fans (@ashwin_fans) April 5, 2017
Here’s how the IPL teams celebrated the launch of the emojis.
Go on sheron. Tweet using #GlennMaxwell, #EoinMorgan and #DavidMiller to show your support to the boys. #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi https://t.co/3gaCrwhIkq
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) April 5, 2017
#Supergiants, show your support by tweeting with our player emojis #smithy #msdhoni #rahane #stokes 😎👊 #IPL https://t.co/kRvYbnU8Ap
— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) April 5, 2017
Check out our Skipper's emoji. Tweet with #DavidWarner in your tweets to show him your support. https://t.co/MRMiu66KQW
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 5, 2017
#gambhir #yusuf #pandey #narine and #uthappa @KKRiders players emoji will be available for the IPL season
— Knights Army (@WorldOfKKR) April 5, 2017