Former India opening batsman Virender Sehwag celebꦛrated his 40th birthday on Saturday (October 20).
In a career that spanned 14 years, Sehwag scored 8586 runs in 104 Tests at an average of 49.34 with🃏 23 hundreds and 32 half-centuries. In 251 ODIs, he amassed 8273 runs at 35.05 with 15 centuries and 38 fifties while in 19 T20 internationals he made 394 runs with two fifties.
Even after hanging his bootsꦇ in October 2015, Seh🤪wag has kept himself busy on the social media and often leaves his fans in splits with his witty posts.
On the occasion of his birthday, Sehwag’s former teammates, current players and friends took to their respective Twitter handles and wished him a happier and healthier life ahead.
Here’s how Twitter wished Viru:
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Not a GPS location, but the way my friend used to smash runs! Happy Birthday, 'Veer'u!— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Wishing you a very happy birthday Viru bhai 🎂🎂🎂
May you be blessed with health and happiness for📖ever!— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
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Legend, – I just want to wish U a happy birthday and long life! Keep inspiring! Lots of respect to you and hope you get some cake on the face 😊 have a great day 🥂🎂 👊🏿🕺🏾😁
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle)
Wish you a very happy birthday Viru bhai. Have a great 🐷year ahead.🔯
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88)
Viru sir happy birthday
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99)
Happy b🥂irthday to a person who gives so much delightꦍ and happiness
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Happy Birthday Paji. Have a great one.
— Sandeep sharma (@sandeep25a)
Happy Birthday to the greatest entertainer a♔nd a wonderful person, bhai🐟. God bless you with good health and lots of happiness 😊🎂
— Parvinder Awana (@ParvinderAwana)
Happy Birthday Have a great year buddy….
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
One of the greatest players, an entertainer, mentor and above all a gr🅠eat human being. Happy Birthday paaji. God bless you.
— Akshar Patel (@akshar2026)
To one of the most distructive💧 opener off all times, Wishing you a very happy bdꦫay brother. God bless lots of love and best wishes always
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
Wishing the modern generation's Viv Richards a.k.a. , my dear friend a very happy birthday! Hope you have an eventful year full of happiness and joy!
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Happy birthday Viru!! Welcome to the 40’s buddy 😊ꦺ.ꦐ Have a great year ahead
— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar)
Happy birthday virupa..have a great year…
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9)
Happy birthday have a 💥 and keep entertaining 🎃my frie𒁃nd.
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
Happy Birthday to a thorou🌞gh🍸 entertainer . Wish you happiness and success in all you do
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Happy Birthday Viru ꦐpaaji . May God bless you with good health ✅and prosperity.
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99)
Wish u a very happy bday Viru bhai raab hm🦄esha kush rkhe aap ko 🎂🎉😊🙏
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
Happy birthday Viru !! May u have the best of health , happiness n succes🍒s !!
— Mithun Manhas (@MithunManhas)
Happy Birthday to Champion ..It was honour to play alongside you..Still remember the sixes u hit against Punjab in Ranji Match..U had fever & bad cough that day but whenever u coughed that day…longer six u hit & u got 170☺️🙏🙏 Love Always Bro
— Reetinder Sodhi (@ReetinderSodhi)
Wish you a Happy Birthday . May you live a long, happy and healthy life
💐— Sangeeta Chetan Chauhan (@ChetanChauhanC💙r)
Wishing you a Very Happy Birthday Viru Paa. 😊👑 Wish I could’ve returned the favour by p🎐utting🌌 some cake on you today! 😁
— K L Rahul (@klrahul)
H🎉appy bday paaji. 💯Wish you lots of love, happiness and good health.
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal)
Heartiest wishes to you🌜 on your Birthday, Virubhai. Tum jiyo hazaaron saal saal ke din hon pachaas hazaar.
— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant)
A cricketer who dint fear anyone and always batted with aggression. It has always been a d♋elight to see you bat Viru. Wishing you a very happy birthday . 🏏
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)
Janamdin Mubarak Viru Bhaiya You are𓃲 an inspiration to so many of us! Spread the good cheer always!
— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17)
Happy Birthday paaji. Wishing you good health and happiness in𒅌 life!😊
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93)
To being the most fearless Cricketer to being the hilarious person he is, we have witnessed it all🙌 A Very Happy B’day Viru pa🌞😀 You never stop inspiring
— Karun Nair (@karun126)
The man who defined hard hitting! Happ♛y birthday ! Hav🦩e a joyous year ahead!
— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1)
Happy birthday to one of the most fearlꦰess cricketers of all time. Wish you good health and all tꦚhe happiness. Keep breaking records on Social Media too 😉
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Wishing a happy birthday to . May you live a long, happy a꧒nd healthy life and get everything you want. God bless Viru paaji.
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25)
Sending you smiles for every moment of your special day…Hav🦄e a wonderful time and a very happy ꦛbirthday!
— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops)
Wishing you a Happy Birthday paaji. 🎂😃
— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket)
Viru was like a 'Virus' who always made the opponents uncomfortable and gave them a tough time to recover from his carnage. Wishing the happiest of Birthdays. Hoping you walk in with the medicine next time at least 😛
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Destructive opener, complete entertainer & moreover a great human being. Happy birthday . May God keep on showering his blessings upon you.🀅 🎂
— Jhulan Goswami (@JhulanG10)
Janamdin Mubarak ho!!! Have a blessed year 🎂😊
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum)
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Many happy returns of the day pa! Godbless.
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
Happy birthday Paa G 🍰😊 May God always blesses u nd ur family members. V al love u so mu💃ch because of d person u r which is Real 👍🤗
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
Wishing you a very Happy birthday paaji ౠ🎂🎂🎉🎉🙏🏏
— Ishwar pandey (@pandey_ishwar)
