New Delhi, Oct 20: India's ODI skipper MS Dhoni, Test captain Virat Kohli, cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and several other current and former cricketers today joined to pay rich tributes to India's cricketing legend Virender Sehwag, who shocked one and all by announcing his retirement from all formats of the game on Tuesday (October 20).

October 20 also happens to be the birthday of 'modern day Viv Richards', 'Multan ka Sultan', 'Nawab of Najafgarh' or Team India's beloved 'Virupa'.

The 37-year-old cricketer took to Twitter to announce that he is calling it a day from all forms of international cricket and also Twenty20 tournament - IPL.

Sehwag, who made his international debut in 1999, in a ODI against Pakistan in Mohali, bows out of cricket having played 104 Tests, 251 ODIs and 19 T20Is.

The 'Nawab of Najafgarh' scored more than 17,000 international runs. Regarded as one of the greats of the game, Sehwag redefined batting. A fearless batsman, he had the attitude of see-the-ball-hit-the-ball. He was part of India's 2011 World Cup winning squad.

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Here are some of the tweets from cricketers and fans for Sehwag

Sachin Tendulkar

MS Dhoni

Batting and be themselves.congrats on a fantastic career

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) October 20, 2015

Virat Kohli

Pleasure to have played with you @virendersehwag bhai. What an amazing career. Thanks for the guidance and the memories. Modern day legend!

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) October 20, 2015

VVS Laxman

Congrats bratha @virendersehwag on a fabulous career.A pure entertainer who gave us sooo much joy . Thanks for all the gr8 memories.#LEGEND

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 20, 2015

Zaheer Khan



Aakash Chopra



Harbhajan Singh



Shah Rukh Khan





Suresh Raina

The legend I played with. The miracle I had the fortune of knowing. The most spectacular ever. Will miss u @virendersehwag

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) October 20, 2015

Shikhar Dhawan

#VirenderSehwag #DilliBoy Signing off like a boss! #ThankYouSehwag pic.twitter.com/ipuyTUa0nM

— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) October 20, 2015

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