New Delhi: Virender Sehwag, who is an avid Twitter user, is known for his interesting tweets related to cricket and world news. Former India batsman was at his humorous best after India defeated Australia by 8 wickets in Dharamsala to clinch 4-match test series 2-1.
Sehwag came up with nicknames for Indian and Australian players with #ViruGhareluAwards.
The Nawab of Nazafgarh gave nicknames to Indian and Australian players after the 13-match Test season came to an end.
Here is who was given which nick name by Sehwag
Cheteshwar Pujara - Inverter
Ravindra Jadeja - Tullu Pump (small water pumping machine)
Lokesh Rahul - Stabilizer
Steve Smith - Tubelight
Wriddhiman Saha - Channi (Tea strainer)
Peter Handscomb - Joon Kangi (Comb)
Umesh Yadav - Sansi (tongs)
R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane - Desert Cooler
Kuldeep Yadav - Exhaust
There is no specific reason as to why these players were given these nicknames but Rahul has stood up stabilized the Indian innings while, Steve Smith is a tubelight for his ‘brain-fade’ controversy.
Sehwag also congratulated the Indian team after India defeated Australia and putting curtains down on a terrific home season.