Yesterday, Virender Sehwag was seen hitting the ball out of the park at the practice session of Kings XI Punjab. The moment he was seen donning the jersey, there were speculations about the right-handed batsman making a comeback. The news was further confirmed by KXIP’s official Twitter handle.

The tweet read, “BREAKING NEWS: You're in for a real treat. @virendersehwag will take the field in Vivo @IPL once again, replacing @AaronFinch5 for the season opener. It's deja vu all over again,” read the tweet.

“Sehwag will come out of retirement and will open the innings in the absence of Aaron Finch. The decision, which was taken at the team preparatory camp in Mohali after a long deliberation by captain Ravichandran Ashwin, coach Brad Hodge, Director of Cricket Operations Virender Sehwag himself and the team management,” read a news article on KXIP official website. Yuvraj Singh too was hand in glove with Sehwag for the prank.

However, a few hours ago, Kings XI Punjab’s official page put out a video where Sehwag revealed that it was an April Fool’s Day Prank. They captioned the video, “Lol! A perfect prank by @virendersehwag 😋 #aprilfools #livepunjabiplaypunjabi #kxip #kingsxipunjab #VivoIPL.”

While many fans were already aware that the Sultan of Multan was up for a prank, a few others took it to their hearts and were actually hoping to watch him play cricket once again. They accused the hitter of playing with their emotions.

Sehwag is quite renowned for playing pranks and we definitely could not rule out the possibility of April Fool’s Day as the video was released yesterday. Seems like his fans will have to watch his old videos to find solace.

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