Virender Sehwag has been a great cricketer for team India and their fans over the years. He took retirement from all forms of International cricket on 20 October 2015. In his career, Sehwag represented the Men in Blue in 104 Tests, 251 ODIs, and 19 T20Is. He was an instrumental part of India’s two World Cup-winning campaigns in 2007 and 2011 respectively. His explosive batting abilities at the top were the main reason that impressed fans over the years.
In the 20-20 World Cup in 2007, he failed to participate due to an unfortunate injury. After his retirement, Sehwag has been seen as the head coach of franchises in the Indian T20 League. Currently, he only gets seen in various advertisements endorsing many renowned brands. According to sources, he endorsed many top brands, including Adidas, Karbonn Mobiles, Royal Challenge, Hero MotoCorp, and Emami's Zandu Balm.
Fans were not happy after seeing Virender Sehwag promoting such an advertisement
Reports have also suggested that Sehwag charged between Rs 2 crore to Rs 2.5 crore for one deal per year during his playing days. Now, a tweet has gone viral that Virender Sehwag shared on his official account. The McDelivery app of McDonald’s India has put out a notification saying ‘Vasu’s Favourite Coming Soon’. Hence, the former cricketer shared that image with a caption: “MY NAME IS VIRENDER SEHWAG! @mcdonaldsindia #WhatsHappening.” In reply to that, the brand also replied: “Oopppps #WhatsHappening.”
The thread attracted many fans as other top companies or brands come up with some unique replies or messages. Those are HDFC Bank, Reliance Jio, PhonePe, Myntra, IKEA India, and others. They also joined the conversation on #WhatsHappening. However, some fans did not like it as being a sportsperson, he was endorsing a junk food company. Speaking about Sehwag’s career, he scored 17253 International runs across all three formats of the game. He also managed to take 136 International wickets with the ball.
Here is the shared tweet:
MY NAME IS VIRENDER SEHWAG! @mcdonaldsindia #WhatsHappening pic.twitter.com/vS9gNmpuuI
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 4, 2023
Here is how fans have reacted to the viral tweet shared by Virender Sehwag on Twitter:
Bhai aapka favourite to Squere cut tha na ?
— Not James Bond ! (@Sandip61115) January 4, 2023
Publicity stunt both parties involved!!
— Ashish Chambiyal (@chambiyal) January 4, 2023
Paid promotions are becoming very uninteresting these days!
— Gitesh Biswas (@TheBhoga) January 4, 2023
Vasu bhai don’t say like this.
— तमराज ॰॰॰ (@Tw_Tamraj) January 4, 2023
Vasu is a good name don’t change it.
Sportsmen hoke Junk ka promotion??
— Prashant Jha (@AHopefulIndian1) January 4, 2023
Paise kam kamaayein hain kya viru paaji ??
Abhi kaam nahi toh Burger may jalayea ayea.. Gutka he add kaar leytay dada..
— Tb. paul (@Tbpaul4) January 4, 2023
VASUNDER SEHWAG 😜#WhatsHappening
— Anwar Ahmad (@anwar_ahmad08) January 4, 2023
Here all brands be like pic.twitter.com/TGy2zas7eK
— ms (@zeeeeroooooo) January 4, 2023
P.S: You can find it only on the McDelivery App, 5pm onwards. pic.twitter.com/0eUoSxi1cl
— McDonald's India (@mcdonaldsindia) January 4, 2023