Virender Sehwag takes a dig at Kargil Martyr's daughter with a Tweet

Since his retirement from all forms of cricket, former India batsman and one-time skipper Virender Sehwag has taken to Twitter like a duck to water. With a plethora of fans hanging onto every word that he posts on the microblogging site Sehwag now expresses his views not just on cricket but anything and everything happening in the country and around the world.

Very recently his reply to Gurmehar Kaur’s tweet caught some traction. Kaur is the daughter of a Kargil martyr. When she started her fight against the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), people used her previous message “Pakistan didn’t kill my father war did” to make fun of her and they even branded her as an anti-nationalist. She came out and alleged to have even received rape threats after her most recent social media posts.

Not surprising that "nationalists" mock @mehartweets for one pic out of an entire series. Their vision as always is limited by their hate. pic.twitter.com/SCzRL76Jf7

— SamSays (@samjawed65) February 26, 2017

However, Sehwag’s tweet, while taking a dig at her eventually went ahead and became a meme on social media. In his response to Gurmehar’s post, the former Indian cricketer tried to indicate the flaws in her statement.

Sehwag was holding a plaque that read: “I didn’t score two triple centuries, my bat did” and the caption read “Bat me hai Dum” Which is a straight attack on the girl’s post which a certain segment has been terming a move with political motives and that she is being used as a prop to propagate a hidden agenda.

Bat me hai Dum !#BharatJaisiJagahNahi pic.twitter.com/BNaO1LBHLH

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 26, 2017

The issue is from the Delhi University where the students of the RamJas college were involved in a scuffle with the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party backed ABVP. The organization in their attempt to protest against one of the speakers invited for the event not only bashed him up along with other students and organizers but also prevented the event from being conducted.

Here are some of the replies to his tweet:

@virendersehwag by having a team tht thinks this is funny and then showcasing it , the jokes on u mister , pick on sum1 ur own age and size

— Salilacharya (@Salilacharya) February 26, 2017

. @virendersehwag : "My hand shook the hand of the dictator whose orders killed 100s of our Indian soldiers at Kargil, not me" pic.twitter.com/5K3Mrh5FjN

— Suryanarayan Ganesh (@gsurya) February 26, 2017

@virendersehwag this is fantastically, stupendously, amazingly awesome!!!!!!

— Abhinav Agarwal (@AbhinavAgarwal) February 26, 2017

@virendersehwag doesn't behoove someone of your stature to troll a 20 year old who has already lost so much.

— Rohit Pradhan (@Retributions) February 26, 2017

Person on left lost her Father in Kargil War trying 2 save country.

Person on right played 4 nation & minted money.

.@virendersehwag pic.twitter.com/OvqjVDRchL

— BharatPolls (@BharatPolls) February 26, 2017

.@virendersehwag this 20-year-old's father was killed at war. it could have been easier for her to hate. but she doesn't. and look at you!

— anuradha sharma (@NuraRadha) February 26, 2017

@AskRaushan @Salilacharya @virendersehwag I m glad viru took a stance and think like so many like me think.we stand with nation .

— Ac (@imAnshC) February 26, 2017

The Day you will lost your Near/Dear one in WAR then you will get to know & will stop doing this nonsense. Shame on you @virendersehwag

— Kumar Amit (@Ikumar7) February 26, 2017

@virendersehwag Paji Tussi great ho _/_

— TheFrustratedIndian (@FrustIndian) February 26, 2017

@virendersehwag @KyaUkhaadLega ajkal bc kya kya chutiyapa chal raha hai…ek ladki ko troll karne ke liye….shit people

— Manager CHEF ☔ (@SaifManager) February 26, 2017