Happy birthday Virender Sehwag: From Ganguly to Bhajji, here are the best tweets for Viru

Virender Sehwag, one of the finest openers the game of cricket has ever seen, turned 40 on Saturday.

Viru, as the great man is fondly called, was wished a happy birthday by many of his former India teammates on Twitter.

Here are some tweets

Happy Birthday @virendersehwag. On the swashbuckling opener's Birthday, we relive his iconic ODI double hundred he scored against West Indies 
Watch  https://t.co/aUS1eEdJ03 pic.twitter.com/A4GXdKOr8R

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 20, 2018

Wishing you a very happy birthday Viru bhai @virendersehwag 
May you be blessed with health and happiness forever! #HappyBirthdayViru pic.twitter.com/SLsVeKL36D

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) October 20, 2018

Happy birthday to a person who gives so much delight and happiness @virendersehwag #HappyBirthdayViru pic.twitter.com/SiyxfV04SN

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 20, 2018

Wishing the modern generation's Viv Richards a.k.a. @virendersehwag, my dear friend a very happy birthday! Hope you have an eventful year full of happiness and joy! pic.twitter.com/XkXlikLy22

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 20, 2018

Birthday wishes dear @virendersehwag

— Mohanlal (@Mohanlal) October 20, 2018

17,253 international runs 
India's first Test triple-centurion 
Second man to score an ODI double-century 

Happy 40th birthday @virendersehwag!  pic.twitter.com/Ieiyq18uOT

— ICC (@ICC) October 20, 2018

Happy birthday @virendersehwag Paa G  May God always blesses u nd ur family members. V al love u so much because of d person u r which is Real  pic.twitter.com/BAL3jHiVR9

— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) October 20, 2018

Heartiest wishes to you on your Birthday, Virubhai. Tum jiyo hazaaron saal saal ke din hon pachaas hazaar. @virendersehwag #viruHappyBirthday pic.twitter.com/KbHgdSmLfu

— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) October 20, 2018

Viru sir @virendersehwag happy birthday

— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) October 20, 2018

Wishing a happy birthday to @virendersehwag. May you live a long, happy and healthy life and get everything you want. God bless Viru paaji. @BCCI pic.twitter.com/YipE6d6MZa

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) October 20, 2018

Happy birthday to the sultan of cricket, you are always happy that you pray to God 
Gud bless you brother @virendersehwag  pic.twitter.com/fdeVMEgaj6

— Bajrang Punia (@BajrangPunia) October 20, 2018

Happy Birthday to a thorough entertainer @virendersehwag . Wish you happiness and success in all you do #HappyBirthdayViru pic.twitter.com/dQcWZjlN1l

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) October 20, 2018

The man who defined hard hitting! Happy birthday @virendersehwag! Have a joyous year ahead!

— cheteshwar pujara (@cheteshwar1) October 20, 2018

Happy birthday Viru Paji pic.twitter.com/KIKacWA5uz

— Harpik Pandya  (@HarpikPandya7) October 20, 2018

To mark Sehwag's birthday, HERE are five of his greatest knocks.