'Nawab of Twitter' Virender Sehwag at his 'dabbang' best as he celebrates India's Test series win over Australia with special awards and new nicknames for cricketers from both teams
Sehwag's hilarious 'renaming' spree sees Steve Smith dubbed 'tubelight'
Virender Sehwag announces 'Viru Gharelu Awards'
The saying goes, "You just can't keep a good man down!". Well, 'Nawab of Twitter' Virender Sehwag may have been quiet for a few days, but now he's back and he's more hilarious than before.
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India on Tuesday registered a brilliant win over Australia in Dharamsala to not only lift the Border-Gavsakar Trophy 2-1, but also end their long arduous home season on a positive note.
Viru decided to celebrate the end of the domestic season and Team India's victory by announcing a special 'Viru Gharelu Awards'.
The awards that he announced on Twitter basically had him picking new nicknames for key Indian and Australian players.
Virat Kohli and Steve Smith. File Pic
Only two Australian cricketers had the 'privilege' of being picked for the awards -- Steve Smith and Peter Handscomb. While tyhe 35-year-old former cricketer decided to pun on Handscomb's name, he dubbed Smith 'tubelight' (For his brain fade moments during the series?).
Among the Indians, skipper Virat Kohli was given the title 'holder' and Cheteshwar Pujara 'inverter'.
His innovative manner of summing up the India-Australia Test series got the Twitterati ROFL.
Indian team poses with the Border Gavaskar trophy after winning the series against Australia. Pic/PTI
He had earlier celebrated chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav's sensational debut with a witty tweet that took a dig at Chinese products last week.
Is China ke maal ki lambi guarantee hai.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 25, 2017
India's first ever Test Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav ,shaandaar firki le li Australia ki. pic.twitter.com/WMgFLEor74
Here are the 10 winners of the Viru Gharelu Awards:
Cheteshwar Pujara – Inverter
Ravindra Jadeja – TulluPump
KL Rahul – Stabilizer
Wriddhiman Saha – Channi
Umesh Yadav – Sansi
Virat Kohli – Holder
Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane – Desert Cooler
Kuldeep Yadav – Exhaust
Only two Aussies made the cut:
Steve Smith – Tubelight
Peter Handscomb -Joon Kangi
Here's his tweets:
The home season comes to an end and it's time for #ViruGhareluAwards
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 28, 2017
Pujara- Inverter
Jadeja-TulluPump
Stabilizer- L Rahul
Smith- Tubelight pic.twitter.com/glwId31Znc
Saha- Channi
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 28, 2017
Handscomb -Joon Kangi
Umesh-Sansi
Kohli-Holder
Ashwin,Rahane -Desert Cooler
Kuldeep-Exhaust#ViruGhareluAwards
Send ur choices pic.twitter.com/pgi6S8k9Su
But he wasn't done yet. He reminded all that the only blemish during the entire series took place at Pune. But, of course, in his typical style.
Congratulations Bharat on a wonderful season. Only Chuna in Puna. Great effort @anilkumble1074 in ensuring no complacency.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 28, 2017
Here's how Twitterati reacted to the 'special' awards:
@imjadeja should be given keel(à¤u00c2u0095à¥u00c2u0080ल) along with tullu pump cuz he 'Nailed it' ðu00c2u009f¤£#ViruGhareluAwards
— Rj Vishal (@TheRjVishal) March 28, 2017
#ViruGhareluAwards
— Shivam Agrahariðu00c2u009fu00c2u0090¦ (@yogidsp) March 28, 2017
And award for best entertainer of the season goes to "Electric Generator" @virendersehwag
Always Dhakk Dhakk...ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0080ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0080
@virendersehwag #ViruGhareluAwards
— Manoj (@manojwashere) March 28, 2017
S.Marsh-Moov
M.Marsh-cricket ki text book
Vijay- hanuman chalisa
@virendersehwag - Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0082 paji tussi great ho.. Handscom-joon kangi..ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u009d #ViruGhareluAwards
— Parth Solanki (@Pearllofwisdom) March 28, 2017