I don’t know how to troll people: Virender Sehwag

Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag’s transformation from being the most entertaining batsman to becoming the funny man on the social media has been quite wonderful. Most of the cricketers opt for coaching and commentary stints post-retirement, but Sehwag chose a very different way of staying in touch with his followers after hanging up his boots.

The former India cricketer now rules the Twitter world and with his witty tweets and funny banter with fellow cricketers and adamant journalists on Twitter. His hilarious tweets have has even earned him quite a few nicknames with ‘Twitter’s Comedy King’ and ‘Master Troller,’ being the widely popular ones. However, the 38-year old recently claimed that he doesn’t know how to troll people.

“I don’t know how to troll people, but there are many out there talking with that intent,” Sehwag said during an exclusive interview to Hindustan Times on Saturday.

“I just write something funny that would make people laugh. I believe in wishing my colleagues and other celebs in a manner that brings my wit out and gives people a talking point. But there are people who love and those who hate you. That’s part of a celeb’s life,” he said.

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The Nawab of Najafgarh stated that since he is no longer part of the game, he uses Twitter as a means to entertain his fans and stay connected with them. Sehwag also went on to say that many people on Twitter don’t have a sense of humour,

“Someone enjoys your batting, and someone, your humor. Since I’m not batting any longer, I can at least say some words, so people enjoy and give me compliments too,” he said.

“On public platform, nobody writes funny things or anything that people will not appreciate, so they are very ‘politically correct’ all the time. I don’t think anybody writing on Twitter has humour, but yes most of them are active on social media platforms,” he was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.

The 38-year old claimed that all of his tweets were politically correct and said, “Oh yes. I am very much politically correct in my humour. If you look at my twitter wall, you won’t find a single tweet that has hurt anyone. Sometimes people take tweets in a wrong way and I cannot do much about it.”

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Sehwag has been lauded by the fans for being hysterically funny in wishing celebrities through social media. The man from Delhi recently wished Virat Kohli on his birthday over Twitter in his trademark style.