Virat retires tomorrow: Virender Sehwag's tweet causes a huge storm on social media

New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, known for his funny tweets on social media, stunned the cricket fans with a tweet where he told the fans about Virat's retirement. (India vs Australia 2017 - Full Coverage)

Sehwag took to Twitter to write, "Virat retires tomorrow. Old ships never die, their spirits live on. #INSViraat -serving Indian Navy for 30 yrs to be decommissioned tomorrow."

Virat retires tomorrow. Old ships never die, their spirits live on.#INSViraat -serving Indian Navy for 30 yrs to be decommissioned tomorrow pic.twitter.com/8i9cNnsEC8 — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 5, 2017

While Sehwag was referring to the world’s oldest serving aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, which will be withdrawn from service on Monday, it sent Twitterati into a frenzy as they thought it had to do something with Indian skipper Virat Kohli.

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Here's how Indian cricket fans reacted to Sehwag's tweet:

@virendersehwag the 1st 3 words gave me a heart attack!! — Megha Agarwal (@meghaaagarwal) March 5, 2017

@virendersehwag main to dar hi gaya ki kohli retire ho raha hai , kam se kam match to poora kar leta — Yograj (@Yajnasen) March 5, 2017

@virendersehwag OH, For a Second I Thought Virat Kohli Retired — Ashish Jha (@AshiSmile01) March 5, 2017

Kohli is currently leading the Indian team in the four-match series against Australia.