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Sehwag sends birthday wishes to Pakistan veteran

Birthday boy represented national team in 78 Tests and 62 ODIs

Sports Desk July 24, 2016

Virender Sehwag posted the birthday wish on his official Twitter account. PHOTO: AFP

Former India opener Virender Sehwag took to Twitter on Sunday to send out wishes to Pakistani veteran Zaheer Abbas on his 69th birthday.

Happy Bday Zaheer Abbas Sir.It is true that when he batted against India,we used to say Zaheer "Ab Bas" kar, also Sunny G's only test wkt.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 24, 2016

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The former Pakistan batsman, who was born in Sialkot in 1947, represented the national team in 78 Tests and 62 ODIs from 1969 to 1985. Dubbed as the Asian Bradman, Abbas was known for his timing and precision, and made a name for himself in his second Test at Edgbaston, where he played a knock of 274 against England.

The former middle-order’s lethal quality with the bat also earned him the nickname ‘Zaheer Ab bas’, translated to ‘Zaheer that’s enough’, on the field by his Indian counterparts. Ironically, he remains Indian veteran Sunil Gavaskar’s only Test scalp.

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COMMENTS (1)

Croyden | 8 years ago | Reply ET does'nt miss any chance of even a hint of meaningless tweet from an indian. ESpecially Sehwag who insulted Shoaib Akhtar repeatedly [doing hindi commentray] during Asia Cup & World T20 and made a joke in public gathering of how Pakistani former cricketers doing commentary in india have found indian players as favorites, implying Pakistanis are doing this for money. Cos of this Shaoib Akhtar did'nt renew his hindi commentary contract cos of sehwag doing another assignment instead. ET should behave like a mature newspaper not a child who suddenly gets excited whenever any response comes from india.

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