Who said what: Cricketers wish Virender Sehwag on his 39th birthday

Legendary Indian opener, and possibly one of the most fearsome batsmen to have graced the sport of cricket, Virender Sehwag celebrates his 39th birthday today. Having played over 100 test matches and 250 ODI matches, Sehwag scored well over 15000 runs in international cricket and won the World T20 and ODI World Cup in his 14-year-long career.

Post his retirement, Sehwag has managed to carve a niche of his own on social media through his quirky birthday wishes for other celebrities and take on social issues. Owing to this quirkiness of his as well as his outspoken nature, the 'Nawab of Najafgarh' is quite popular despite retiring from the sport in 2013.

On the occasion of his birthday, Twitter was flooded with wishes and numerous cricketers took to the social media site as well to extend their wishes to Sehwag, and here are the best of them.

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