Sehwag's sarcastic tweet backfires

Virender Sehwag mistook Emirates airlines for a UAE news website, Emirates 24|7, while tweeting about the latter misidentifying Sushant Singh Rajput, the actor who played Mahendra Singh Dhoni, as the actual Dhoni.

Virender Sehwag's sarcastic tweet on Emirates airlines backfired.

Virender Sehwag, as he most often does these days, made a sarcastic tweet, this time on Emirates airlines. He thought they'd mistook actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who played Mahendra Singh Dhoni in his biopic, as the actual Dhoni. So, he tweeted:

. >@Emirates247 I am flying with you in a while , hope you don't allow him to board instead of me. >pic.twitter.com/arF5WZ7qEf

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) >January 7, 2017

But it turned out that @emirates247 wasn't the Emirates airline company, it was a UAE news site, Emirates 24|7. The site reported that Dhoni was replaced by Virat Kohli as India’s limited-overs captain with an image of Rajput.

Emirates airlines cleared the air with this tweet:

>@virendersehwag No worries, we've got your back. We look forward to your next flight with us. >@Emirates247>pic.twitter.com/lTzWQWeYFZ

— Emirates airline (@emirates) >January 8, 2017