Ricky Ponting opens Twitter account with uncharacteristically sweet post, fans react

Former Australian captain and cricket legend Ricky Ponting finally joined Twitter on December 11. In this era of social media, fans love to connect with their favourite players on their favourite social media platform and Ponting's arrival was no different. Check out the first reactions.

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Ricky Ponting's sweet tweet

Ricky Ponting made his way to the Twitter universe on December 11 and shared a sweet post to commemorate the moment by posting pictures of him training his son Fletcher. According to the tweet, this was Fletcher's first net session. Fletcher could be seen sporting a mini version of his father's iconic Kookaburra Kahuna bat in the picture. Who knows? Maybe he will become someone who breaks his father's uncountable records. Here is Ponting's first tweet.

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Fans and fellow cricketers were overjoyed about Ricky's arrival as well, here are some of their replies.

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Will Ponting have a smooth sailing Twitter journey or will he court a few controversies along the way? Only time will tell.

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