Tendulkar, whose bio reads 'Proud Indian', is one of only five Indian cricketers on Twitter. India's explosive left-handed batsman, Yuvraj Singh (twitter id @yuvsingh09), was the first Indian cricketer to join Twitter. He was followed by, fast bowler and good friend, Zaheer Khan (@ImZaheer). The other two cricketers are upcoming batsmen Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) and Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45).
Filmi welcome Bollywood glitterati, including Karan Johar, Shilpa Shetty, Vivek Oberoi and Arjun Rampal, came together to welcome the master blaster on the website. Atul Kasbekar took credit for getting Tendulkar on twitter on Wednesday morning. He tweeted, 'Lovely quiet evenin wt the Master last nite, I urged him 2b on twitter 2get rid of fakes, in my book that's just not cricket, hello @sachin_rt (sic).'
At last count before going to press, Tendulkar had already crossed 20,000 followers over a single night and had been listed over 500 times. He currently follows only two people on Twitter – Zaheer Khan and Atul Kasbekar, who is, in fact, hoping to start a campaign to make Tendulkar the most followed celebrity on Twitterverse, and displace Hollywood actor, Ashton Kutcher from the top. You can follow Tendulkar at @sachin_rt and help in the cause.
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