#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.

And to all those messages, this is what Sachin Tendulkar replied. This tweet is incidentally the most retweeted Tweet of all time in India.

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

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