As the Indian Premier League gains momentum, micro-blogging site Twitter is helping fellow-feathered fans flock together and this includes some big birds from Bollywood too.
The tweeting’s getting louder and Hyderabadis have found that following celebrity tweets about their team is almost as much fun as watching the games themselves.
“Even though Dia Mirza is now working in the Bollywood industry she still shows her support for DC on Twitter,” enthuses Tanya Agarwal, a student at Villa Marie, “She tweeted ‘I am Dia. I am from Hyderabad. And I am supporting the Deccan Chargers’. It just goes to show that her home team still holds a great deal of importance for her. She could have shown her support to any celebrity’s team but when she tweets about DC, it makes you proud to call her a Hyderabadi.”
Saurabh Bose an employee in a recruitment agency was elated when hottie Sameera Reddy began to use Twitter to encourage and motivate the Chargers, “She tweeted that she was a Reddy at heart and supported DC which is great! When DC wins, her page is filled with replies to fans cheering the team and congratulating DC for their hard work. Plus it is always cute to see an actress talk about cricket.”
For some fans, it’s the sport pundits who make it interesting. Karan Mehra, a student at St Mary’s began following Harsha Bhogle for his tweets about DC, “Harsha is a great commentator who tweets about DC whenever they are playing and gives his opinion about the strategies and techniques used by them. It’s great to read some intellectual tweets about our team.”
And there are those, who despite their loyalties, can’t help be drawn in by the glitz of it all. Priya Sancheti, disarmingly admits that when she’s done with checking on DC tweets, she ambles over to Shah Rukh Khan’s page, “When celebs tweet about the IPL matches, it adds a glamour quotient to the sport. I follow SRK’s Twitter page as it gives me a sneak peek into an IPL team which is fascinating.”
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