It’s not every day that fans get a chance to ask a question to their favourite cricketer, the God of cricket, the Master Blaster: Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt), and Twitter India presented cricket-crazy fans on Twitter with this opportunity. On the auspicious day of Gudi Padwa, Sachin Tendulkar spent his afternoon interacting and responding to the dozens of fan questions in his first ever Twitter Q&A.
In a span of an hour, thousands of ardent Sachin fans showered their love and adoration on the GOD of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar as they flooded him with questions using the official #AskSRT hashtag on Twitter. There were over 20,000 Tweets for #AskSRT and it climbed to the top of the India’s trends today.
The official hashtag for this Twitter Q&A was #AskSRT, and he responded to all fan questions with video answers. Fans not only got their questions answered by him, but they even got a chance to see and hear him speak through these Twitter videos.
If you missed the Twitter Q&A party, you can simply log on to Twitter and search for #AskSRT and follow the conversation.
"Indian athletes have been winning hearts on Twitter, and today was a great example of that. On the special occasion of Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer in the world to use Twitter's new Q&A app. In this #OnlyOnTwitter moment, he shared exclusive stories and witty replies using Twitter video, bringing fans from all around the world even closer and setting the gold standard for athlete-fan interactions", said Aneesh Madani, Head of Sports Partnerships, Twitter India.
This special #OnlyOnTwitter fan moment even gained global recognition, as Twitter created a special Twitter Moment on its global platform to showcase it to cricket lovers across the world.
Sachin Tendulkar on tennis, tigers and cups of tea
Special Video Treat for Fans
Sachin, the most followed cricketer in the world on Twitter with a following of 10.4 million, posted video responses to all fan questions. Sachin responded to curious fans and shared with them about his most special moments in cricket, his favorite game other than cricket, favourite tennis player, favourite dish, and spoke about funny anecdotes from his cricketing career.
When 23-year old Shiva Thapa (@shivathapa) asked Sachin for his guidance to handle pressure at the big games and the master answered him not to think about the pressure, stay positive, enjoy the game and the results will follow.
Fans also got a chance to see the conversations between the legends as Sachin answered cool questions by Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) and Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) during this Twitter QnA:
Sachin ended this Twitter QnA by wishing all the fans #HappyGudipadwa and good health & happiness.
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