Former Indian cricketer, Gautam Gambhir created a buzz on social media yesterday with a single tweet. He took to his twitter and left everyone confused with his tweet about India vs West Indies match yesterday. Well, what happened was in this tweet, the alphabet “I” was missing from all the words and the tweet concluded with #MissingI.
A single tweet was enough from him to leave everyone curious about why is ‘I’ missing from his tweets? Here, have a look at the tweet of Gautam Gambhir :
nd a w ll f ght West nd es n the f rst OD game today. W ll the v s tors spr ng a surpr se? We w ll f nd out soon. #MissingI
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) October 21, 2018
The tweet read:
” nd a w ll f ght West nd es n the f rst OD game today. W ll the v s tors spr ng a surpr se? We w ll f nd out soon. #MissingI”
Well, the I was missing in the above tweet, in case you were not able to under what the tweet read, here, this is what he wanted to convey:
“India will fight West Indies in the first ODI game today. Will the visitors spring a surprise? We will find out soon. #MissingI”
As soon as the tweet caught eyes, people gave many weird reactions to it first. Some of them even said that the I is missing from the tweet, as he is missing from the team. Here, have a look at a few reactions of people on Gautam Gambhir’s tweet :
‘I’ represents Gautam Gambhir(himself here). That means he wants to say I am missing in this team.
— #TestCricket ??? (@NBhikadia) October 21, 2018
Yes boss i also missing you in this team…..Politics zindabad….
— Saheb (@Saplaprateek) October 21, 2018
G Is also missing in todays match , Thats you Gauti …!!?
— Dr. Prem Waghmare (@drwaghmareprem) October 21, 2018
This is so emotional gauti?????
We all want you (I) in the team— Kausik (Gautian) (@kousiks34307769) October 21, 2018
However, this wasn’t the real case. Soon many people started tweeting their thoughts on twitter but with a missing ‘I’ from their tweets. Commentator and cricket expert Harsha Bhogle also tweeted with a missing ‘I’, here, have a look at his tweet :
Cr cket s a sport wh ch requ res more than phys cal strength. Your bra n must also be act ve all the t me. od ne s very cruc al for ch ldren dream ng to play for nd a one day. #MissingI
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 21, 2018
Infact, yesterday’s newspaper of Hindustan Times had the ‘I’ missing in it, here, have a look :
Not just this, yesterday, some of the news channels showed breaking news but with the missing ‘I’. Here, have a look :
https://twitter.com/_mjbajaj/status/1053899679526641664
People were going berserk on the internet to know the suspense behind this missing ‘I’. The twitter was flooded with tweets regarding the suspense. However, the truth is that the tweets by Gautam Gambhir, Harsha Bhogle and other people have been made with reference to “Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day”.
Yes, the ‘I’ stands for IODINE, which is one of the most important mineral needed by human body for making thyroid hormones, which are necessary for the proper functioning of body’s metabolism as well as perform the other important functions of the body as well. During the time of pregnancy and infancy, these hormones are required for the correct development of brain and bones.
Gautam Gambhir also took to his twitter and revealed the mystery around the missing ‘I’ :
Iodine is the #MissingI that helps in mental development of children. On Global Iodine Deficiency Day, let’s make sure that India is Iodine sufficient. Let’s pledge to make India Iodine Sufficient. Click here to know more https://t.co/jKUguDoj8h @_deshkanamak
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) October 21, 2018
The tweet read:
“Iodine is the #MissingI that helps in mental development of children. On Global Iodine Deficiency Day, let’s make sure that India is Iodine sufficient. Let’s pledge to make India Iodine Sufficient. “
It was a great and a very important initiative which was later joined by everyone, from people on the internet to celebrities to the media people. What can be a better way to spread awareness with such an interesting way?
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