“Glad Yamraj Ji Overruled”: Virender Sehwag’s Out-Of-The-Box Take On Heath Streak Death Rumours | Cricket News

After initially reporting that his former teammate Heath Streak has died, former Zimbabwe pacer Henry Olonga later issued a clarification, saying that the 49-year-old is alive. Olonga’s social media actions precipitated an enormous confusion. Streak, the previous Zimbabwe captain, has been affected by a long run illnes and is present process medical remedy within the African nation. Taking to X (previously Twitter), Olonga shared a screenshot of his chat with Streak, the place the latter joked that the “umpire has called him back”.

“I can confirm that rumours of the demise of Heath Streak have been greatly exaggerated. I just heard from him. The third umpire has called him back. He is very much alive folks,” Olonga wrote in a publish.

Former India batter Virender Sehwag additionally shared his views on the entire episode as he additionally took to X to reshare Olonga’s newest publish.

“Thank you for confirming Henry. Glad Yamraj ji overruled,” wrote Sehwag, who is thought for his humorous posts on social media.

Thank you for confirming Henry.
Glad Yamraj ji overruled. https://t.co/7udI7v6c1V

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 23, 2023

Earlier, Streak expressed his disappointment over the pretend news of his loss of life, saying that the supply ought to apologise for spreading false rumours.

“I am very upset to learn that something as big as someone apparently passing can be spread unverified especially in our day and age of social media,” Streak informed Mid Day newspaper in an interview.

Streak, who introduced his retirement in 2005 on the age of 31, stays the one Zimbabwe bowler with greater than 100 Test and over 200 ODI wickets.