5 cricketers who make more headlines on social media than on the field

4. Jimmy Neesham

Jimmy Neesham in one of the most active players in the social media

New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham is very popular in the social media for this banter-filled tweets and replies on the microblogging platform, Twitter. He is someone who never shies away from making his thoughts known. This is what makes him one of the funniest cricketers in Twitter.

Neesham is very popular amongst his followers because of his sarcastic jibes and impeccable sense of humour.

Some of his hilarious tweets are:

About the IPL auction

Watching the #IPLAuction like pic.twitter.com/udfOYbuQKd

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) February 6, 2016

However, when a fan tried to catch him off guard and suggested that the reason he was feeling that way was because he wasn’t picked this season, the 25-year-old replied:

I was picked up the last 2 years and still had no idea what was going on so that's not it! Haha https://t.co/AhZ0dZVZfk

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) February 6, 2016

When asked about his knowledge on Hindi, Neesham sarcastically tweeted

I've picked up words here and there. Just the bad ones! https://t.co/oeiBltmkbG

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) January 12, 2016