Published 00:18 IST, October 30th 2019

Kane Williamson & 4 other famous sportspersons with no Twitter account

Twitter: Most prominent sports personalities are active on the social media platform. However, there are five exceptions across the world of cricket & football.

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Many great sportspersons have marked ir presence on Twitter to stay connected with ir fans worldwide. However, some greats have chosen to stay away from social media platform. se include cricketing legends like Rahul Dravid, Kane Williamson and Tim Soue, along with football greats like Diego Marona and David Villa.

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Rahul Dravid

Dravid is fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis. In 2004, after completing his century against Banglesh in Chittagong, he became first and only player till date to score a century in all ten Test-playing countries. As of October 2012, he held  record for most catches taken by a player (n-wicket-keeper) in Test cricket, with 210. Dravid holds a unique record of never getting out for a golden duck in 286 Test innings which he has played. He has faced 31258 balls, which is highest number of balls faced by any player in Test cricket. He has also spent 44152 minutes at crease, which is highest time spent on crease by any player in test cricket.

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Kane Williamson

Kane Stuart Williamson is currently  captain of  New Zealand national team. He is kwn for his calmness and led his team to finals of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 held in England. At end of World Cup, he was awarded Player of Tournament award after becoming highest-scoring batsman as a captain in a single World Cup, making 578 runs in 10 matches. He was named as captain of 'Team of Tournament' by ICC.

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Tim Soue

Timothy Grant Soue is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays all forms of game. He is current vice-captain of international team. He was third-highest wicket-taker at  2011 ICC World Cup (18 wickets at 17.33). He also impressed at  2015 ICC World Cup, taking 7 wickets in a round robin league match against England.

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Diego Marona

He is widely regarded as one of greatest football players of all time. He was one of two joint winners of  FIFA Player of 20th Century award. In his international career with Argentina, he earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals. Marona played in four FIFA World Cups, including  1986 World Cup in Mexico where he captained Argentina and led m to victory over West Germany in final, and won  Golden Ball as tournament's best player.

David Villa

A 2010 World Cup winner, Villa scored three goals at  2006 World Cup, was top scorer at Euro 2008 and earned  Silver Boot at 2010 World Cup. He is first Spanish player to ever reach 50 international goals and retired from internationals after  2014 World Cup with 59 in 97 matches, making him Spain's all-time top goalscorer as well as country's top scorer in World Cup, with nine goals.

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23:23 IST, October 29th 2019