Former Indian opener, Virender Sehwag, after his retirement, has become one of the most popular person on social sites, thanks to his witty tweets and hilarious birthday wishes to his mates form the world of cricket. His tweets attracts millions of twitteraties and it trends often too.
Obviously, his followers on social media probably have expected him to come up with a commendable tweet for Virat Kohli who turned 29 on November 4.
But, for everyone surprise, there was no post on Sehwag Twitter timeline for one of his junior cricketers who is now leading the nation across all three formats of cricket.
Had Sehwag forgotten Kohli’s birthday by any chance? Practically, it’s hard to believe because the man who is so prevalent on social media, how could he miss the topmost trend of the day? On November 5th, #HappyBirthdayVirat was the top trend on Twitter and if we have a look on Sehwag timeline, he posted nothing on that particular day.
More surprisingly, he wished Gurupurab to his followers a day before Virat’s birthday and also replied to New Zealand’s Ross Taylor on his ‘Darji‘ tweet a day after. Even before that, he had wished Shah Rukh Khan, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former Indian batsman VVS Laxman but not a single tweet for Virat Kohli on his birthday. Isn’t it strange?
The most obvious reason why Sehwag didn’t wish Kohli could be the Indian head coach saga which happened a few months back and he seemed disappointed. Back then, Sehwag applied for the post of Team India’s head coach. Days after the BCCI finalised Ravi Shastri’s name, Sehwag blamed Kohli and Shastri for ditching him. While speaking on a news channel, Sehwag was heard saying that he lost the job as he had not any ‘setting’ in the team.
