Former Indian explosive opening batsman and Sultan of Multan, Virender Sehwag is celebrating his 46th birthday today, Sunday, 20th October. So, on this special day of the player, fellow players including former cricketers have been seen giving good wishes.

On the other hand, on this special day of Sehwag, former Indian cricketer and God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar is seen wishing Sehwag a birthday in a special way. On Sachin Sehwag’s birthday, he also shared a photo with him on his official X account and while sharing this photo, Sachin wrote in the caption –

Happy 46th Birthday, Veeru! 46 means a perfect mix of 4 and 6, just like your batting. No need to run away, may your year be as banging as your shots.

See this social media post of Sachin Tendulkar

Happy 46th, Viru! 46 means a perfect mix of 4 and 6—just like your batting. There is no need to run away.
Your year is also as explosive as your shots! pic.twitter.com/syzvj8l33y

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 20, 2024

It is noteworthy that Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar have played cricket together for more than a decade for the Indian team. Both of them, while opening for Team India together, have scored a total of 5964 runs in 138 international innings. During this period, both of them have made half-century partnerships 23 times and century partnerships 17 times.

A look at Virender Sehwag’s cricket career

On the other hand, if we give you information about the cricket career of Sehwag, who was one of the explosive batsmen in the world of his time and is the T20 and ODI World Cup champion, he has played 104 Tests, 251 ODIs and 19 T20 matches for India.

During this period, Sehwag has scored a total of 8586 Test runs at an average of 49.34, 8273 ODI runs at an average of 35.06 and a total of 394 runs at an average of 21.89. Apart from this, in the 104 matches played in IPL, Sehwag has scored 2728 runs with the help of 2 centuries and 16 half-centuries.