Virender Sehwag ‘reminds’ Pakistan of a time he ‘hurt’ their cricket team

Virender Sehwag doing what he does best
Virender Sehwag doing what he does best

Former India opener Virender Sehwag is ‘Twitter baba’ for a pearls of knowledge he shares on a micro blogging site. He’s also otherwise been dubbed a ‘Nawab of Twitter’ and ‘King of Twitter’ for his smart one-liners and birthday wishes.

The 38-year-old, who is famous for his apt ability to goblin celebrities, took to Twitter on Monday to applaud his trailblazing batting and extraordinary partnership with ‘opening partner’ Rahul Dravid approach behind in 2006.

On this day, 11 years ago Sehwag and Dravid had non-stop a innings for India opposite Pakistan and milked their much-vaunted bowling conflict for 410 runs in Lahore.

A QUICK RECAP OF THE 2006 LAHORE TEST:

Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was sent all over a park
Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid took a special fondness to a bowling of Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria and sent him all over a park. File Pic

The rain-interrupted initial Test during Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium during India’s 2006 debate of Pakistan saw a hosts raise adult 679/7 announced in a initial innings interjection to centuries from Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal.

Sehwag and captain Rahul Dravid non-stop a innings for India. The twin stitched together a partnership for a initial wicket that came agonisingly tighten to violation mythological Indian openers Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy’s universe record opening wicket partnership of 413. In a process, Sehwag available a afterwards second-fastest double century in Test story as he reached a 200-run landmark off 182 balls. Dravid remained dominant on 128 as a compare finished in a draw.

VIRU STRIKES AGAIN

Sehwag and Dravid shaped a challenging pair
Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid shaped a challenging pair

Well, Sehwag took to Twitter on Monday to remind Pakistan of his innings in his unassailable way. He dubbed a day ‘PakistanKoBhootBanaya’ Diwas (literally translates to ‘Made a spook of Pakistan’). After all, it’s not each day that we measure 254 runs off only 247 balls — a innings enclosed 47 fours and one six.

Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq and pacer Shoaib Akhtar have progressing been a aim of Viru’s banter.

HERE’S HOW TWITTERATI REACTED:

HERE’S THE VIDEO OF HIS EPIC INNINGS

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