Former India batsman Virender Sehwag caused a minor quake in Twitterverse with his 'Virat retires tomorrow'. But don't worry, he didn't meant Virat Kohli, but something else. Read to find out
When Virender Sehwag gave Twitterati heart attack with 'Virat retires' tweet!
Virender Sehwag's 'Virat retires tomorrow' tweet was about INS Viraat. File Pic/AFP
William Shakespeare said, "What's in a name? that which we call a rose...By any other name would smell as sweet." Well, that's not the case really. Names matter, especially in a world with so many people with attention deficiency.
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And former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, who has a huge fan following thanks to his sometimes funny and sometimes sarcastic tweets, got to understand this first-hand.
The 'Nawab of Twitter' left his followers stunned with a tweet on Sunday that was missing an 'a'.
Virender Sehwag with Virat Kohli
Sehwag tweeted that 'Virat retires tomorrow. He meant INS Viraat, the second aircraft carrier in the Indian naval fleet and the longest serving aircraft carrier in the world that was decommissioned on Monday. Sehwag posted, "Virat retires tomorrow. Old ships never die, their spirits live on. #INSViraat -serving Indian Navy for 30 yrs to be decommissioned tomorrow."
Virat retires tomorrow. Old ships never die, their spirits live on.#INSViraat -serving Indian Navy for 30 yrs to be decommissioned tomorrow pic.twitter.com/8i9cNnsEC8
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 5, 2017
Of course, if one reads his entire tweet then it all makes sense. But that's not how Twitterverse works. People residing in Twitterverse have no time to read even 140 characters and so the first three words were all that was required to create panic among cricket fans.
Virat Kohli is the current captain of the Indian team and though he is going through a bit of a tough phase, not having gone past 20 in any of his four innings vs Australia, he's not anywhere close to retiring.
Now, the 35-year-old Delhiite might have been talking about INS Viraat, but Twitterati went into overdrive thinking it had something to do with Virat Kohli.
THIS IS WHAT TWITTERATI HAD TO SAY:
@virendersehwag the 1st 3 words gave me a heart attack!! ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098³ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098³ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082
— Megha Agarwal (@meghaaagarwal) March 5, 2017
@virendersehwag OH, For a Second I Thought Virat Kohli Retired ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082
— Ashish Jha ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0090u00c2u0091 (@AshiSmile01) March 5, 2017
@AshiSmile01 @virendersehwag Mee too thought that virat retiredâu00c2u0098º
— Nitesh Meena (@niteshmeena319) March 5, 2017
For 2 seconds you gave me hart attack ,i Thought Virat Retiredðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0081ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098¸ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098¸ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098¸ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098¸ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098¸@virendersehwag@virendersehwag
— Haresh (@hareshoffice) March 5, 2017
@virendersehwag VIRU paaji aapne toh heart attack de diya mujhey ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u0084 I was like Virat retire ho raha hai?? ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098¡ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098¡
— Ankita shekhawat (@Ankieshekhawat) March 5, 2017
@virendersehwag sir , shocked to see your tweet but after reading full content recover myself
— saikat mandal (@saikatmandal15) March 5, 2017
@virendersehwag I thought you are talking about @imVkohli ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082
— Mugyambo (@Mugyambokhushua) March 5, 2017
@virendersehwag after reading first 3 words of ur tweet, I was like pic.twitter.com/BwF1NuYmss
— Prachi Garg (@prachimadri) March 6, 2017
@virendersehwag virat retires padh k hosh uda diye sir
— Alisha vyas (@AlishaVsas) March 5, 2017
@virendersehwag for a sec I thought it was Virat Kohli and gave me a heart attack ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082
— Virat Kohli (@sneha_deekonda) March 5, 2017
@virendersehwag for a while I thought its "virat kohli"..... Holy heart failure!!!!
— Azhar Shaikh (@Call_Me_Azhar) March 5, 2017
@virendersehwag Bhai heart attack de denge kisi din aapke first liners.."Virat retiring tomorrow"...But the message is just too good Sirji
— Bishmaya Behura (@itsme_Bishu) March 5, 2017
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