Former Indian cricketer Venkatapathy Raju celebrated his 50th birthday on 9 July on the occasion of the India - New Zealand semi-final clash. 

Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar - who is busy in England with the ongoing World Cup - took to Twitter to wish the cricketer a very happy birthday but in a unique style.

The Master Blaster wrote, "A very happy birthday to Venkatapathy Raju. I remember this one time we dared him to pull a prank on @MervHughes332 on a flight thinking he’ll back out. He didn’t! Any guesses what #VenkatapathyRaju did?"

A very happy birthday to Venkatapathy Raju. I remember this one time we dared him to pull a prank on @MervHughes332 on a flight thinking he’ll back out. He didn’t! Any guesses what #VenkatapathyRaju did? pic.twitter.com/RzSET6O4I2

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 9, 2019

While netizens were busy trying to guess what is that Raju might have done, the person who answered the question correctly was none other than Merv Hughes himself.

The Australian retweeted Tendulkar's tweet and replied, "The checky man came up and pulled my moustache!!"

The checky man came up and pulled my moustache!! https://t.co/Yo6P9ZyQms

— Merv Hughes (@MervHughes332) July 9, 2019

Twitterati rolled in laughter seeing the answer to the dare and said that Raju "must have worn a helmet when he attempted this bravado".

That is some nerves! Interested to know your reaction to it! Gave Venky a black eye perhaps? 

— ashwath (@ash7k) July 10, 2019

Your moustaches.....they used to be a thing!

— Vivek Sharma (@Vivek1412Vivek) July 10, 2019

He must have worn a helmet when he attempted this bravado :-)

— Shailesh Ghorpade (@Shaileshg21) July 10, 2019

And he lived to tell the story. You’re a forgiving man with a sense of humour

— Ken Perris (@perrisken) July 10, 2019

As for India's World Cup campaign, their semi-final match against New Zealand was interrupted by rain and the game is being carried forward today (10 July).