Cricket icon Virender Sehwag who has found himself in the middle of a huge controversy over Kargil martyr's daughter Gurmehar Kaur's, tried to clear the air one more time today. 

Sehwag who has a wacky sense of humour, tweeted, "My tweet was an attempt to be facetious rather than one to bully anyone over their opinion. Agreement or disagreement wasn't even a factor. She has a right to express her views and anyone who threatens her with violence or rape is the lowest form of life. Everyone has a right to express their views without being bullied or threatened. Gurmehar Kaur or the Phogat sisters."

Sehwag, who has over eight million followers on Twitter, said yesterday that his tweet wasn't intended for Gurmehar and people had misinterpreted his words. "My tweet wasn't intended for Gurmehar. It was plain fun but people construed the other way," he said.


Gurmehar has been trolled over her online campaign against the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) student body after last week's violence at Ramjas College in Delhi.

On Sunday, Sehwag had posted his photo, holding a placard which read "I did not score two triple centuries, my bat did". The tweet triggered a deluge of reactions.

His tweet appeared to be in response to the student's earlier Facebook post that gained major traction on social media networks. In a video post, she had appealed for peace between India and Pakistan with messages on placards, one of which said, "Pakistan did not kill my dad, war killed him'.
The 20-year-old has been given police protection after she alleged rape threats over her posts against the ABVP.

On Tuesday, Gurmehar pulled out of a march by teachers at the Delhi University students against campus violence.

Indian woman wrestlers Babita Phogat and Geeta Phogat joined Sehwag saying, Gurmehar Kaur's view that her father was killed by war and not Pakistan was wrong for me. It's against our nation and martyrs, said Babita Phogat in New Delhi.

Her elder sister Geeta Phogat echoed Babitas views saying: "If you speak against nation, people will obviously not like it. Irrespective of gender, the person won't b spared.