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We all know that Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag and British journalist Piers Morgan are not exactly best of friends, at least not on Twitter. So their battle on the social media platform continued after India won the Kabaddi World Cup. We do not need to do much explaining. In the continuation of their battle, Sehwag first took a dig at England and Morgan and the Brit was quick to fire back in his own style with multiple tweets.
You can read the whole conversation below. The thing is that Morgan had pointed at Sehwag’s spelling error in a tweet not long ago. That tweet also involved a dig at England from Sehwag. So one has to say that it is nothing new and it seems that this is like an ongoing battle between these two. It seems that neither will back down as they love taking on each other, anytime, any day.
India invented Kabaddi & r World Champs for 8th time.Elsewhere some country invented Cricket & r yet only good in correcting typos.#INDvIRN pic.twitter.com/IG9fucAMMo
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 22, 2016
Mate, we invented Darts & Curling but I wouldn’t boast about being ‘World Champions’ at them. https://t.co/4PIlEKubpD
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 22, 2016
Kabaddi’s not really a sport, @virendersehwag – it’s just a load of grown men running around slapping each other.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 22, 2016
Sehwag was once a very famous cricket star who hit fours and sixes like he was on a picnic. Little did he care as far as the reputation of bowlers was concerned. And also little did he care as far as his quotes in press conferences were concerned. Now look at his Twitter account, it is one of a kind. (Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates Indian team on Kabaddi World Cup win)
Now one cannot confirm that how much of this humour is Sehwag’s own. This because we do not know who manages his account, does he get any help or what not. But think of Sehwag the commentator, the brilliant, humourous commentator.
Considering that he has been doing that on his own, we assume that he is inherently humourous. And to recap, it has been a humourous journey for him, from the pitch to press conferences, the commentary box and Twitter.
Sehwag also makes up for the Twitter feed of many other cricketers, which can be often plain and boring. It will be interesting to see how often we listen to Sehwag as far as commentary is concerned. He also comes across as a bit of a natural as far as humour goes. Not forced. And he may not actually be preparing for hours like a Navjot Singh Sidhu we are told does.
It will not be far off to see Sehwag as a television star with comedy being the flavour of the season and dare we say the taste of the decade. Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar are already appearing on a TV show and Sidhu is of course a star on television. Sehwag may not be seen in the public eye as often as a Sidhu but that may soon change if he is to commentate regularly and even do some non-fiction TV program outside sport.
The other thing that is quite praiseworthy is that Sehwag’s tweets are not restricted to cricket. He was in full form during the Olympics for example and taking on author Shobha De head on. Although it is another matter on who was right and who was not. For now, keep the tweets coming Viru.
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