Cricket’s week on Twitter: From Virender Sehwag’s flamboyance to Rio Olympics and rains

Cricket fraternity once again had a pretty interesting last week, which ended with a few disappointments.

Cricket fraternity once again had a pretty interesting last week, which ended with a few disappointments. India and West Indies continued to stay off the Queens Park Oval in Trinidad because of poor ground conditions and management, and the story was pretty much the same for South Africa and New Zealand at Kingsmead, Durban. Pakistan and Ireland were lucky enough to have completed their first ODI, as the second and final was washed out. Off the field, the cricket fraternity remained intrigued with variety of topics, with Virender Sehwag continuing to amaze with his wit, Rio Olympics continued to rule the roost and of course, there were selfies.

No, we are not getting into how cricketers celebrated India’s 70th Independence Day, but the fact that the day began with a Sehwag special was heartening:

Thank u #DipaKarmakar fr getting us united at midnight cheering fr Gymnastics,in a country with no infrastructure for this sport.Super Proud

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 14, 2016

And Sehwag was back to what he does the best apart from batting. He entertains us!

Congrats,but this is not fair Bolt Ji,you should be in F1 race without a Car & I think u will still win with ur feet https://t.co/72oX3sBwKi

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 15, 2016

India captain Virat Kohli could not hide his disappointment on Sunday when the fourth day’s play against West Indies in the final Test. Ravindra Jadeja, for some reason, looked stoic.

When you are waiting at the hotel & getting bored. Rains are annoying when a match is going on #TestOfPatience pic.twitter.com/vkJc4nCO4V

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) August 21, 2016

But Kohli had the luck to meet Sir Garry Sobers and a few more West Indies legends, while rains kept players off the field

Absolutely in awe of this great man, Sir Garfield Sobers. Feel blessed to have had a conversation with him #Grateful pic.twitter.com/6x6iPwQrwl

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) August 20, 2016

Rohit Sharma had to wait for his turn to feature in the Indian playing XI in West Indies. But the right-handed batsman could not stay out of the pun which Harbhajan Singh poked at the Caribbean side.

not sure https://t.co/ezOUoS3eAe

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) August 16, 2016

But Rohit preferred to have some more fun in the Caribbean when play was not possible in the fourth Test.

Thought I’d mix up my workout and try my hand at paddleboarding pic.twitter.com/YNzRpnFbLR

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) August 21, 2016

When Ravichandran Ashwin ended up deciding what will his daughter grow up to become…

.@Pvsindhu1, I hope my daughter plays badminton one day, says @ashwinravi99 in this delightful message. pic.twitter.com/u5KQ6eqzBW

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 19, 2016

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