Virender Sehwag is undoubtedly one gem of an amusing cricketers Indian team ever has. His contribution to the field of cricket is now rewarded in an equally fair manner. Naming the stands, gates, and stadiums over the successful players are almost a cricketing ritual.
The Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) named Gate 2 of Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as the “Virender Sehwag Gate” and inaugurated it on Tuesday. But the occasion was tarnished with DDCA’s goof-up. They got the cricket legend’s Test statistics wrong.
The first T20 between India versus New Zealand will be played at Feroz Shah Kotla on Wednesday. Amid all the euphoria, the DDCA failed to proof-read Sehwag’s Test statistics displayed on a metal plate embedded on the iron gate.
The gate has been named after Sehwag but in the achievements column, it was referred to Sehwag as the “ONLY Indian batsman to score a triple hundred in Test matches.” Whereas, India have two players who have scored triple centuries in Test cricket.
‘ VIRENDER SEHWAG GATE ‘ was unvielded today by the SULTAN OF MULTAN @virendersehwag himself #DDCA pic.twitter.com/wTiw38XusZ
— DDCA (@DDCA_Cricket) October 31, 2017
While Sehwag is the first player to hit a triple century in Test cricket from India, Karun Nair is the latest. Nair hit a triple century against England in Chennai last year. Whereas, Sehwag is the only Indian to score two triple centuries in Test cricket for India. Typical of the DDCA, no one took responsibility for the faux pas. When asked the state association for clarification, nobody was ready to speak on the matter. Normally quick to react on flaws, Sehwag was quite gracious, choosing not to blow up the blunder.
On a similar note, another blunder was committed in this scene, and this time it is by prominent media house Times Now. The social media authorities of the channel went congratulating the player for the stand. They tweeted the same with the picture included, but, something fishy has happened and Veeru didn’t let it go simply.
The media handle wrote, “Gate no.2 at Firozshah Kotla is now @virendersehwag gate, 12 years after he retired from international cricket. It reads legends are forever”.
Check out the tweet here (the original tweet was deleted by the channel authorities after getting brutally trolled)
And @TimesNow Deleted this tweed pic.twitter.com/dRhfj80xaS
— Nishant (@nishant_India) October 31, 2017
While people went slamming the social media handlers of Times Now, Sehwag even took on to his handle and replied, “Thank you, but you mean I retired in 2005. Very informative Times. On moon, weight is 6 times lesser, on what planet years multiply by 6”
Check out the tweet here:
Thank you , but you mean I retired in 2005. Very informative Times. On moon weight is 6 times lesser, on what planet years multiply by 6 https://t.co/aNm557v9ic
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 31, 2017
Next, to this reply from Veeru, they took down their tweet, but, netizens are too fast to be stopped and the damage is already done.