New Delhi: After smashing most of the records on the field, India's cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar has scored a hit off the field too. This time on Twitter.
Tendulkar surpassed former Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's following on the social networking site on Thursday with 983,174 followers. And the number is growing. Tharoor currently has a following of 980,263 people.
Twitter has become a buzz word of sorts these days with celebrities rushing to grab an account and many having a following that runs into millions.
However, Tendulkar is still far from being the celebrity with the maximum numbers of the followers. Lady GaGa currently tops the list with over nine million followers. Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber too has over 8 million fans.
Will Sachin be the first ever Indian to get the highest number of followers globally?
It will be interesting to see if a campaign by Indians can help Tendulkar top the Twitter innings. Some have already started tweeting about this. Actor Shahid Kapoor posted: "@sachin_rt (Sachin Tendulkar) 25 k away from a mill followers... Make it happen today people.... He the legend !!!!" (sic.)
Meanwhile, the Twitteratti is doing all they can to show their love for the player who has played cricket for 21 years for India and helped the nation lift its second ever World Cup this year after a gap of 28 years.
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