Virender Sehwag and Murali Kartik attend Tihar cricket match; cheer inmates like Manu Sharma, Santosh Singh

Free mixing: Cricketers Virender Sehwag, Murali Kartik and Shikhar Dhawan meet prisoners during the Tihar cricket match on Monday PIC/MID DAY

Veeru went to jail again on Monday. But instead of chakki pising and pising and pising as his famous Bollywood namesake had announced in an iconic dialogue, this Veeru, the Prince of Najafgarh, cheered as prisoners battled it out on the cricket pitch.

As MiD Day had first reported (on January 6, 2009), celebrity cricketers like Virender Sehwag and left-arm spinner Murali Kartik were invited to the Tihar Winter Olympic's Twenty-20 cricket final. With them was Delhi Ranji all-rounder Shikhar Dhawan.

While the prisoners clapped for all the cricketers, it was clear from their enthusiasm that Sehwag was their favourite. The star opener too seemed bowled over.
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"I am overwhelmed. My opinion about a prisoner's life has changed. Seeing the inmates play cricket, I have realised they live ordinary lives. I enjoyed the match," said Sehwag, while interacting with the prisoners.

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