July 17 is celebrated as World Emoji Day all over the world. It is usually observed to celebrate the emojis which are often expressed to use emotions or maybe as a reaction to a particular situation. Since 2014, the netizens celebrate the day and a few companies even conduct contests and give away prizes. Now, one World Emoji Day 2019, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Manish Pandey and Deepak Chahar reveal their favourite emojis. The players are currently in West Indies as they are playing for India A. World Emoji Day 2019: History, Events And Significance of the Day That Celebrates the Digital Form of Communication.

The BCCI shared the video of the players on social media handles and asked the fans to comment on the same with an emoji. The video was posted on media with the caption, “On #WorldEmojiDay here are few of our stars talking about their Favourite Emojis 🗣️🗣️ What is your favourite Emoji? 😃😄😎 Reply with your most-used Emoji 👌👌.” Needless to say that the netizens had a ball of time responding to the video.

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Talking about the World Emoji Day, the companies have started releasing emojis on July 17. According to The New York Times, Burge created this day on July 17 as it is "based on the way the calendar emoji is shown on iPhones". For the first World Emoji Day, Burge said that "there were no formal plans put in place.

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