Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag turned 40 today and the cricketing world has taken to Twitter to post their birthday wishes. His former teammate and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh labeled him the modern day Viv Richards while posting the birthday message on Twitter.
“Wishing the modern generation’s Viv Richards a.k.a. @virendersehwag, my dear friend a very happy birthday! Hope you have an eventful year full of happiness and joy!,” Harbhajan wrote on Twitter.
Sehwag played 104 matches for India in Tests and scored 8586 runs at an average of 49.34 and with a strike rate of 82.23.
In ODIs he scored 8273 runs in 251 matches at an average of 35.05 and with a strike rate of 104.33.
