Celebrate IPL 10 with newly launched Twitter Emojis of cricket superstars

All that one needs to do is use the hashtag with the name of the player whose emoji they want to include in their tweet.

Published - 05 Apr 2017, 12:48 IST | Updated - 05 Apr 2017, 12:48 IST

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In a very first of its kind launch, a whole new bunch of player Twitter emojis have been launched for the 2017 edition of the Indian Premier League. The IPL 10 is expected to be a bigger and better event than the predecessor seasons and no wonder why a plethora of new inputs are being introduced this season. This edition will see as many as 8 opening ceremonies – which will be the first instance of a tournament having multiple opening ceremonies.

These ceremonies will be held at the 8 host venues of the participating franchises. On similar lines, the organizers have announced new fan parks for the season as well. Now, the latest of all new features is the introduction of Twitter emojis customized for the players. The official Twitter handle of the Indian Premier League (IPL) recently announced the same with a tweet wherein they had an eye-catching description of the player emojis introduced for the season.

They also mentioned the simple way to unlock these emojis. All that one needs to do is use the hashtag with the name of the player whose emoji they want to include in their tweet. This is the first of its kind launch in the history of cricket.

The official handle of IPL wrote, “FAN ALERT: A first for #Cricket. Special @Twitter emojis for #IPL’s biggest superstars. Go on, Tweet to unlock your favourite player’s emoji”.

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

Undoubtedly, the fans absolutely loved the new launch of the IPL 10 and the responses came in flooding for the same. The fans have been tweeting the player emojis. So which player emoji will be the most used one? Will it be #Smithy ruling the game or will it be #ViratKohli? How about #MSDhoni taking the maximum mentions in IPL 10? Try out the new emojis now and celebrate the T20 carnival of India.

Here are some of the fans using the newly introduced emojis:

@IPL @Twitter #ViratKohli #MSDhoni #RohitSharma #DavidWarner #Bhuvi #Yuvi #Shikhar #ZaheerKhan #Bhajji This is so cool! ?
— Soumya (@urstrulySoumya) April 5, 2017