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The former hard hitting opening batsman Virender Sehwag turns 38 today. Sehwag, who was one of the most feared batsman during his playing days, scored over 8,000 runs in Tests and ODIs.
The Nawab of Najafgarh, who led India to many memorable victories, hung his boots from international cricket and IPL on his birthday last year.
However, Sehwag from being a ‘Baadshah’ on the cricket field has transformed into the ‘Baadshah’ of Twitter post retirement.
The Quint takes a look at Sehwag’s top ten retweeted tweets on his 38th birthday.
1. Sehwag’s Message After Sakshi Malik Won India’s 1st Medal at Rio
Virender Sehwag had a very strong message to send when Sakshi Malik won India’s first medal at the Rio Olympics, earlier this year.
After the wrestler bagged the medal, the Delhi lad’s tweet stressed upon how the girls have been saving India’s pride for several years.
And rightly so, the tweet is Sehwag’s most retweeted tweet.
2. Morgan vs Sehwag
When the renowned journalist Piers Morgan tried to take a dig at India for celebrating the two medals won by the nation at the Rio Olympics, Sehwag hit back in style.
The Delhi lad reminded Morgan about how England invented cricket and are still yet to win a World Cup.
3. Salute to Indian Army
While there has been a lot of argument over whether India made the right decision to conduct surgical strikes across the border, Sehwag gave his full support to the Indian Army.
His tweet saluting the Army garnered the third most retweets for the legendary batsman.
4. The Classic Tweet About Para-Athlete Mariyappan’s Achievement
Virender Sehwag made another strong statement when he shared para-athlete Thangavelu Mariyappan’s mother Saroja’s quote on how she never encouraged or discouraged her son to take up high jump.
Mariyappan made the country proud when he won the gold medal at the Paralympics.
The former India player made a good point about how everybody is capable of excelling in life regardless of the family situation.
5. Support for the Jawans
The Nawab of Najafgarh always shows his support for the Indian Army. When 17 jawans were killed during a militant attack at Uri, Baramulla in September, Sehwag shared his pain about the incident on Twitter.
The nation also showed their support by making it the Delhi lad’s fifth most retweeted tweet.
6. Birthday Wish for PM Narendra Modi
Virender Sehwag has rocked the Twitter world with his birthday tweets after his retirement. The former batsman sent a heartfelt message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September.
The Delhi lad said Modi’s humility and enthusiasm is very inspiring.
7. Sehwag on Tax Deduction
The 38-year-old made an interesting comment on the tax deducted by the government on the prize money given to the athletes.
Sehwag believes that the tax on the prize money should be waived off and the nation gave their approval with 10, 404 retweets.
8. Praise For Dipa Karmakar
Dipa Karmakar may have finished fourth in the gymnastics event (vault) at the Rio Olympics, but she definitely won the hearts of all the sports lovers in India.
Sehwag reflected the feeling India had after Karmakar finished the event with a perfect tweet.
India was truly united that night!
9. Awesome Crongratulatory Message to Sakshi Malik
The whole nation congratulated wrestler Sakshi Malik when she won the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics but the best congratulatory message given was certainly by the Tweet Master.
He composed a tweet praising all the women in India using the words ‘Sakshi’ and ‘Malik’.
10. Sehwag Takes a Hit at Shobhaa De
Virender Sehwag also took a dig at Shobhaa De when Sakshi Malik bagged a medal at the Rio Olympics.
Shobhaa De had tweeted during the Olympics that the Indian contingent go to the Olympics only to take selfies but she was proved wrong when Malik won the bronze medal.
Sehwag had the perfect reply to get back at the veteran columnist.
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