Arrogance will ruin you brother: Netizens slam Hardik

However, Zaheer Khan, who turned 41 on Monday, received numerous wishes on Twitter from his former teammates and current Indian players, including Pandya's wish, which didn't go down too well with cricket fans.

Zaheer Khan comes up with a witty response to Hardik Pandya's birthday wish post, and with this, the Former Indian bowler wins the internet. The cricketing fraternity was busy wishing him on the special occasion and numerous Indian players came up with wishes thanking Zaheer for mentoring them. One fan shared the birthday wish from former South Africa captain Graeme Smith to highlight a difference between class and crass.

"Ahankaar tujhe le dobega mere bhai pandya.stay humble not foolish (Your arrogance will ruin you brother, stay humble and don't act like a fool)", a user replied to Hardik's tweet.

The birthday post by Pandya was with a video, where the Indian team all-rounder smashed the ball out of boundary in a match, as Zaheer had delivered the ball.

Pandya recently underwent surgery in London to treat his lower back issue which has ruled him out of cricket for an indefinite period.

Zaheer has scalped more than 600 global wickets in his career and was the highest wicket-taker for India in the 2011 World Cup by dismissing 21 batsmen during the competition that India went on to win.