The Nawab of Najafgrah Virender Sehwag turned 40 today and many cricketers and fans wished him on his birthday. This included Sourav Ganguly, Ishant Sharma, VVS Laxman, Mohammad Kaif and many others. A while ago we told you about Virender Sehwag’s sassy reply to Sourav Ganguly and Ishant Sharma was quite hilarious. Now, even Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar posted a unique tweet for Sehwag on his birthday. Virender Sehwag Turns 40; Viru’s Witty Reply to Sourav Ganguly & Ishant Sharma’s Birthday Wishes Would Make Your Day!

Sachin and Sehwag at one point in time were touted as one of the most deadly opening pairs of cricket. The two have never failed to entertain the audiences with their swashbuckling performances. Sachi took to Twitter to wish his former teammate and wrote, “141.211416441116464 Not a GPS location, but the way my friend @virendersehwag used to smash runs! Happy Birthday, 'Veer'u!.”

Even KL Rahul who worked with Veeru during the IPL 2018 for Kings XI Punjab, had a few words to say to Sehwag. KL shared a picture of Sehwag smacking a cake on KL Rahul’s face on his birthday. “Wishing you a Very Happy Birthday Viru Paa. 😊👑 Wish I could’ve returned the favour by putting some cake on you today! 😁 @virendersehwag,” read his tweet.

Viru also replied to the tweet and wrote, “Hehe. Thank you Lokesh. Wish you success and luck always.”

Talking about Sehwag and Tendulkar, the duo has been involved in 12-century run-stands and in 18 half-century run stands. The two have played in 93 innings between 2002 and 2012 and led India to numerous victories.

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