Twitter removes blue ticks of various sportspersons
Twitter has removed the blue ticks of various cricketers, sportspersons and various stars. Cricketers like Kohli, Dhoni and Rohit lost their blue ticks.
Twitter in the last few months had made the blue ticks available to people on a subscription basis. When Elon Musk took over the giant social media company last year he started a subscription service ‘Twitter Blue’. The monthly subscription cost of a blue tick in India is INR 650 on web devices and INR 900 on mobile devices. Here is a look at various sportspersons who lost their blue ticks.
Legendary Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar was one of the many Indian cricketers who lost their blue ticks. Along with Tendulkar, World Cup winning captain, MS Dhoni also lost his blue checkmark. Virat Kohli was probably the most popular Indian sportsperson to lose their blue tick. The current Indian and Mumbai Indians Captain, Rohit Sharma also lost his blue tick. The Indian Women cricketers Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and retired legend Mithali Raj also lost their blue ticks.
Along with these legendary Indian cricketers, even players from other sports lost their blue ticks. The Men’s Indian football team captain, Sunil Chettri also lost his blue tick. Double Olympic medalist Badminton player, PV Sindhu also lost her blue tick. Olympic medalists like, Saina Nehwal, Neeraj Chopra, Bajrang Punia and wrestler Vinesh Phogat lost their blue checkmarks.
Twitter Verified account had tweeted about the decision in advance and has asked people and organisations to sign up for the service. The Tweet came in well in advance on the 20th of April, 12:30 AM IST.
https://twitter.com/verified/status/1648764138452299778
Talking about international sportspersons, legendary tennis players like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal lost their blue ticks. While in the football world, Cristiano Ronaldo who has more than 108 million followers lost his blue tick as well. Along with CR7, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Zlatan Ibrahimovic also lost their blue ticks. Golden State Warriors point guard, Basketball player Stephen Curry also lost his blue tick.
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