Mumbai: India opener and Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma turned a year older on Saturday.
Rohit celebrated his 29th birthday with his wife Ritika Sajdeh and teammates from MI. The ‘Hitman’ was flooded with birthday wishes although some of them took a light dig at him.
Happy birthday love of my life @ImRo45 thank you for coming into my life &making it better than I could ever imagine pic.twitter.com/njKhRfUKt9
— Ritika Sajdeh (@ritssajdeh) April 29, 2016
One of the interesting wishes comes from former India opener Virender Sehwag. The ‘Sultan of Multan’, known for trolling other cricketers, decided to troll his junior teammate. Sehwag started off with a proper birthday wish and also wished for Rohit to break his Test record of 319 runs.
Proud of the man @ImRo45 who broke my ODI record of 219 with d magical 264
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 30, 2016
Agla number 319 ka
#HappyBirthdayHitman pic.twitter.com/FaV6phGaDn
Incidentally, Rohit had broken Sehwag’s record for the highest individual score in an ODI. Sehwag held the record for his 219 against West Indies and Rohit blew it away with a massive score of 264 against Sri Lanka.
When @ImRo45 Was Born, Doctor Said "Mubarak Ho Ji, Talent Hua Hai " #HappyBirthdayHitman#ClassPlayer
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 30, 2016
Sehwag tweeted, “Proud of the man @ImRo45 who broke my ODI record of 219 with d magical 264 Agla number 319 ka #HappyBirthdayHitman”
Whenever I see @ImRo45 bat, it's a delight to watch ,aisa lagta hai "Talent ka Bhandara laga hai"#HappyBirthdayHitman #TopPlayer
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 30, 2016
Later, Sehwag was in the mood to have some fun. He first tweeted, “When @ImRo45 Was Born, Doctor Said “Mubarak Ho Ji, Talent Hua Hai ” #HappyBirthdayHitman #ClassPlayer”. This particular tweet went viral.
Ek baat batao….Last Sunday 24 taarik ko apne @sachin_rt ka birthday aap ne kaise manaya??
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 30, 2016
Im so happy ! Aap sab ne bhagwan ka birthday itni dhoom se manaya, Lekin yaar jisne @sachin_rt ka record toda uska bday hum bhool gaye?
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 30, 2016
Aaj Rohit Hit Man Sharma ka birthday hai jisne @sachin_rt ka record toda with maximum number of MOM awards for @mipaltan
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 30, 2016
Chalo @ImRo45 ko aaj twitter pe party dete hai Itne tweet karo ki twitter ka server down ho jaye -use #RohitKaBirthdayViruKiParty
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 30, 2016
One Day me 1 double century maarna mazaak nahin hain, @ImRo45 ne mazaak mazaak me 2 lagayin hain#HappyBirthdayHitman #EffortlessAndClass
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 30, 2016
He tweeted again, “Whenever I see @ImRo45 bat, it’s a delight to watch ,aisa lagta hai “Talent ka Bhandara laga hai” #HappyBirthdayHitman #TopPlayer”
Sehwag doesn’t hold back when it comes to trolling cricketers. Recently, during the World T20, Sehwag had taken special liking to former Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar and had trolled him voraciously.
Many players wished Rohit. Here are some of them:
Here's wishing a very happy birthday to @ImRo45 #HappyBirthdayHitman pic.twitter.com/y5vbC4ojo7
— BCCI (@BCCI) April 30, 2016
The man with the highest ODI score ever (264) and 5,008 runs in the short-form, Happy Birthday to India's @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/yb9ef18eu0
— ICC (@ICC) April 30, 2016
I thought I'd change it up from the normal thank you post or video and send you a handwritten letter instead! ♥ï¸ðŸ™Œ pic.twitter.com/CnJdUPfw20
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) April 30, 2016
