Virender Sehwag return to his cheeky Tweets to wish Saqlain Mushtaq

After a seemingly long hiatus (for the Virender Sehwag fans at least), the former Indian opener’s Twitter account has come back to life and in perhaps one of the most uncanny ways. Of course, the 39-year old has been in the news of late for his hilarious birthday wishes, but this one has to be perhaps the most brutal of the lot.

Saqlian Mushtaq is a former Pakistani bowler of tremendous repute. Mushtaq was quite effectively a ‘Shane Warne’ when it came to being the best bowler as far as Pakistan was concerned. However, when it came to bilateral ties against the Indians, things were not always so sour as it is today.

It was also Virender Sehwag who profited quite a bit from the ways the decimated and tormented the Pakistani bowling attacks from time to time. It also remains to this day that Sehwag’s best and most entertaining knocks, be it a blazing 30 or perhaps even the 300 plus score at Multan.

However, while on 295, Sehwag had an itch that he badly and quite desperately needed to scratch. This itch was to smash the ball into the long-off fence. While he would do it, the unfortunate bowler just so happened to be Saqlain Mushtaq. The six brought up Sehwag’s first triple ton, something he would go on to replicate once again a few years later against South Africa in Chennai.

While Karun Nair has now joined Sehwag in the 300-run club, Mushtaq has also moved into a sinister coaching role for England. He has also been massively successful in recent times as a coach, guiding his spinners to great heights after being neutralized as a British citizen and also having his own academy. However, this wish from Sehwag will be one he remembers for a long time.

A very happy birthday dear @Saqlain_Mushtaq .
Stay blessed and Thank you for the memories. Enjoying watching this in loop. pic.twitter.com/QOryy3L2TF

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 29, 2016