Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle.
Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle. (Photo by S Burmaula/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Former India’s combative batsman Virender Sehwag sents his birthday wishes to Windies star batsman Chris Gayle. The Universe Boss is celebrating his 39th birth anniversary today. Meanwhile, Chris Gayle and Virender Sehwag share a great bonhomie. Gayle had played for the Kings XI Punjab in the eleventh season of the Indian Premier League. Thus, Gayle and Sehwag had spent some quality time as Sehwag is the Director of the franchise.

In fact, it is well known that Sehwag was instrumental in getting Chris Gayle to Kings XI Punjab side. Gayle had surprisingly gone unsold in the earlier sessions of the IPL Auctions. However, it was Sehwag’s idea to get Gayle on board.

Gayle
Chris Gayle. Credits: Chandan Khanna/AFP

Thus, getting Gayle in KXIP side paid dividends as he scored runs in the first few matches for Punjab. Gayle also scored a hundred in the eleventh season of the Twenty20 league.

Meanwhile, Chris Gayle also led St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the recently concluded Carribean Premier League. The combative batsman is also setting his eyes on the next year World Cup.

On the other hand, Windies will tour India for two Test matches, five One Day Internationals, and three T20 Internationals. Thus, Gayle will like to hit the ground running in the limited-overs leg.

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Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle.
Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle. (Photo by S Burmaula/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The pugnacious batsman has been instrumental in the success of the Windies and will hold a key role in the upcoming World Cup. Gayle had also scored a fine double hundred in the previous edition of the World Cup.

Virender Sehwag took to Twitter to send his birthday wish to the big man. Sehwag post read as, “Happy Birthday @henrygayle. May you keep hitting them where the bat is pointing. A man with a big heart, wish you a great year ahead Gayle!”.

Here is Sehwag’s post:

Cricket is my first love. I want to be a wordsmith. I want to weave magic with my words.