Renowned poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar, who earlier criticised former cricketer Virender Sehwag for his comments on Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, has called him a “great player” and said he was retracting his harsh comments.

Gurmehar is in the eye of a storm over her stance against student outfit Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

“Since Sehwag undoubtedly a great player has clarified he was just being facetious and is not anti-Gurmehar, I take back my rather harsh words,” Akhtar posted on Twitter.

Akhtar earlier called Sehwag “a hardly literate player” indirectly after the cricketer trolled Gurmehar.

Kaur, a student of Delhi’s Lady Shri Ram College, had posted on Facebook a photograph of herself holding a placard that read: “I am a student from Delhi University. I am not afraid of ABVP. I am not alone. Every student of India is with me”, following last week’s violence in Ramjas College in Delhi University.

The post went viral online. She also held a poster, saying ‘Pakistan did not kill my dad, war killed him’.

Following this, Sehwag on February 26 posted his image holding a placard which read: “I did not score two triple centuries, my bat did,” and said: “Bat me hai Dum! Bharat Jaisi Jagah Nahi (Bat has power! no place like India).”

Akhtar didn’t seem to have liked Sehwag’s post and tweeted: “If a hardly literate player or a wrestler troll a pacifist daughter of a martyr it’s understandable but what’s wrong with some educated folks.”

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Web series “Viru Ke Funde” which will have former India opener Virender Sehwag as a host, will be launched on Tuesday.

Well known for his humorous tweets, Sehwag will host the 15 episode web series on Vuclip’s video streaming service Viu.

The show will have Sehwag doling out advice to his group of friends in a ‘Chai Pe Charcha’ format on ways to tackle situations which we all encounter in our day to day lives.

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With five episodes releasing on Tuesday on the streaming service Viu, each episode of the show will have a run time of two minutes.

“Life is all about keeping things simple. See the ball, hit the ball! ‘Viru ke Funde’ is about sharing what I have learnt in life and cricket with my real friends, making the experience all the more fun. I am delighted to partner with Viu which has given me a platform to engage with my fans through the digital medium,” Sehwag said in a statement.

“I hope the show will give you as much thrill as my batting did. What you can expect from the show? Nothing less than a sixer for every googly life bowls at you!,” he added.

Be it about winning an argument with your wife or escaping your mother-in-law’s taunts, Sehwag’s ‘fundas’ will ensure that your personal life is smooth sailing.

On the career front, Sehwag will even show you how to get your much deserved promotion at work.

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It was a big treat for cricket and Bollywoof fans as cricketers Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Ishant Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Mohd Kaif walked the ramp for Yuvraj Singh’s new fashion brand as Bollywood stars including Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Kajol clapped sitting at the front row. Indian Hockey captain P R Sreejesh and Olympic silver medalist Sushil Kumar also walked the ramp.

YWC Fashion comes out of Yuvraj’s venture YouWeCan. Talking to the media Yuvraj was at his wittiest best as he said that MS Dhoni will come and support this cause once only picks up his phone. Yuvraj also disclosed that he’s getting married his fiancee Hazel Keech on the first week of December.

Yuvraj Singh has launched YWC Fashion in collaboration with designers Shantanu and Nikhil. The cricket star said that all the profits from his clothing line will be used for the treatment of cancer patients through his NGO YouWeCan (YWC).

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When Sachin Tendulkar was asked to name one True Blue of Team India, the master blaster came up names of all players who made the Indian dressing room a fun place. Starting from Navjot Singh Sidhu to Harbhajan Singh to Virat Kohli and few others figured in his fun list who made Team India tick.

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