The cricket fraternity on Sunday wished the former Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag, who is celebrating his 41st birthday.
Former and current cricketers took to Twitter and extended wishes to the ‘Nawab of Najafgarh.’
“Cracking the ball on the field and cracking jokes off it has always been your mantra! Janamdin Mubarak Viru,” batting legend Sachin Tendulkar tweeted.
Cracking the ball on the field and cracking jokes off it has always been your mantra! Janamdin Mubarak Viru.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
West Indies veteran opener Chris Gayle wrote, “Happy birthday legend, @virendersehwag wish you many more.”
Happy birthday legend, wish you many more 🙏🏿
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle)
“Happy birthday to the most dangerous batsman I have ever bowled to @virendersehwag jeo Lala.. modern day’s VIV Richards,” Harbhajan Singh tweeted.
Happy birthday to the most dangerous batsman I have ever bowled to jeo Lala..modern day’s VIV Richards
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Sehwag will be a part of the official broadcasters’ team for India’s next assignment that is against Bangladesh.
India is set to host Bangladesh for three T20Is and two Test matches which will be a part of the ICC World Test Championship.
Here’s how other players wished Viru:
Happy birthday Viru bhai . May you always be so full of life & humour. Wishing you the best always.
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Viru Bhai have a rocking birthday! One of the most explosive opening batsman India has seen. Was always so much fun when Sehwag was on strike.. hope you have a great year ahead. 🎉
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25)
Many more happy returns of the day viru Paaji 🎂🎂
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99)
Happy birthday !
first played together in 1998 u19 WC in SA, jeevan mein entertainment ki kami nahi huyi tab se— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Special birthday wishes to a special friend May your birthday be sprinkled with fun and laughter. Have a great day and year ahead Bratha🤗
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Happy birthday Viru paaji, have a fabulous year ahead 🤝
— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1)
जन्मदिन की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं!
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Happy birthday Viru paa 🤗 Have a great year ahead 🙂
— IamKedar (@JadhavKedar)
We may not have many pictures together but we certainly have lots of memories!! Happy birthday viru !!
— MithunManhas5 (@MithunManhas)
Aapke balle se jab bhi gaind boundary ke bahar jaati….umpire ko bhangda karne ka mauka mil jaata😂
Janamdin mubarak Viru Paaji!— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar)
Happy birthday . Thank you for the constant motivation. And of course – the laughs. 😊 Have a great day!
— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket)
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Happy Birthday, 🥳 have a smashing year ahead.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Wish u a very happy bday The Sultan of Multan, the entertainer and one of the greatest batsman Viru paaji god bless u always lots of love paaji 🎂😊🇮🇳⭐️🙏
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
Happy birthday Viru bhai @indiancricketteam. One of the best bowling attack destroyer batsmen i’ve ever seen. Have a great year legend .
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
