Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag are known to share a close bond with each other. The two have opened a number of innings for India. While the opening partnership between Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag that came later may have somewhat overshadowed this pairing, there was a time, especially in the run-up and during the 2003 World Cup when Tendulkar and Sehwag used to make one of the most feared opening pairings in the world.
Tendulkar had said that
Sehwag was a man who did whatever he liked in the middle. On the occasion of Sehwag’s birthday, Tendulkar wished his former opening partner while pointing out his gung-ho attitude. “Happy birthday, viru! have a great start to the new year. you’ve always done ulta of what i have told you on field. so here’s one from me?” said Tendulkar in his tweet. What was special about it was that every word in the sentence was turned upside down.