Counter attack: Virender Sehwag has Twitter in splits yet again

NEW DELHI: Witty Twiteratti and swashbuckling opening batsman Virender Sehwag had Twitter in splits yesterday again after his comment on a news story in Emirates247.com which mistook Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput for Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

The former, incidentally, played the latter in a biopic, so one could perhaps be a little more forgiving. But like his bat, Viru's humour spares no one.

The news story was about Virat Kohli becoming India's new limited overs captain, following Dhoni's resignation from that post. The story featured a picture of Kohli's. And next to that was a picture of Rajput's, or Dhoni's, depending on whether you like your cricket served reel or real.

Virat Kohli replaces Dhoni as new Indian limited overs captain https://t.co/ejC4ZknSzY pic.twitter.com/nyX3pRWdo1

— Emirates 24|7 (@Emirates247) January 7, 2017

Then came Sehwag's killer tweet, below, which says it all. (We'll forgive him for mistaking Emirates247.com for Emirates Airlines.)

.@Emirates247 I am flying with you in a while , hope you don't allow him to board instead of me. pic.twitter.com/arF5WZ7qEf

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 7, 2017

Twitter couldn't get enough of it.

@virendersehwag @Emirates247 paaji ap sabki kehke lete ho !!! Can't stop laughing

— ???????? ???? (@anirudhhabhatt) January 7, 2017

This Tweeter couldn't stop, well, laughing.

This social media user said Sehwag is "rare". He is, he is.

@virendersehwag U are at ur Wittiest Best. High time u start writing dialogues for Bollywood!!

— Vineet Sipani (@vineetsipani) January 7, 2017

And this Tweeter suggested an alternate career for the one and only Viru.