As one of the fiercest bowlers of all time, Denis Lillee turns 68, Virender Sehwag has a message for him that will make you feel ‘eerie’. Yes, it will make you feel ‘eerie’. This is not the first time that Sehwag has made a comment which has gone awry. Australian great Denis Lillee was known as the ‘most complete bowler’ of his times. He was lethal and had the ability to run through line-ups. In December 1971, he decimated a powerful World XI side in Perth, taking 8 for 29 in the first innings, and went on to claim 31 Test wickets at 17.67 during the 1972 Ashes tour, that is how he impacted matches and changed the complexion of series’.
But Virender Sehwag wishing him is strange to start of with and his tweet reaffirms why did he tweet in the first place. His tweet read, “Hpy Bday Sir Dennis Lillee. If Lilleeji were in film Gunda’ Naam hai mera Lillee,kar deta hoon batsman ki pant Gilee’.”
So why is the tweet bang on?
It is bang-on because one, Sehwag calls him a character from the movie ‘Gunda’, a Bollywood flick. ‘Gunda’ means a goon. Lillee was a terror to the batsman, yes he was, when in full-throttle. He decimated oppositions with his raw pace. Then Sehwag goes on to say that when Lillee used to bowl, batsman usually had their pants wet. What Sehwag tried to convey is that people could not combat the lethal pace of Lille and were very scared of facing him.
Happy Birthday to one of the greatest bowlers of all time,
Bowlers Ke Baahubali , Sir Dennis Lillee ! pic.twitter.com/4aTogpY3sJ— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 18, 2017
Hpy Bday Sir Dennis Lillee.If Lilleeji were in film Gunda’ Naam hai mera Lillee,kar deta hoon batsman ki pant Gilee’ pic.twitter.com/2BO0l4WmXe
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 18, 2016
It is funny how he shows respect to Denis Lillee in the Indian way by touting him as ‘ji’, a term used to refer to elders to show respect.
Happy Birthday to one of Australia’s greatest bowlers, and one of the fastest ever to grace the Test arena, Dennis Lillee! pic.twitter.com/hAornNtUqQ
— ICC (@ICC) July 18, 2017
Yeah.. An idiot once said he likes to see blood of batsmen on pitch ! Their media hailed him as a Great fast bowler #DenisLillee ___ https://t.co/dAGXpFqXSn
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) March 7, 2017
JUST FOR FUN: Who is the irate batsman?
ANSWER: Yesterday’s scantily clad beauties – Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Alastair Cook pic.twitter.com/F6eg5DIEcd
— CricketBadger (@cricket_badger) October 14, 2016
