The poster boy of Indian cricket Virat Kohli, who has been a phenomenal performer throughout his career, turns 29 today. Virat Kohli recently became the second highest run-scorer in T20 cricket, when he played a brilliant knock of 65 runs but couldn’t take his team over the rope as India fell short by 40 runs. The three-match series now level at 1-1, with the last match to be played at Thiruvananthapuram on 7th November.
Starting at an early age, Virat led the u-19 India side to World Cup triumph in Australia and was soon included in the Indian side. From then on, he didn’t have to look back as he scored runs consistently in all the three formats. He was awarded the captaincy role after MS Dhoni stepped down from the Test cricket and later on in ODI and T20I’s. He became the youngest captain ever to lead an Indian side. The men in blue skipper have made it a habit of breaking records as he recently broke Ricky Pointing’s record of 30 ODI hundred to be at the second spot behind master blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s 49 ODI hundreds.
Wishes from all parts of the world were poured in his social media accounts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also wished his happy and healthy life. Wishes from his teammates and head coach Ravi Shastri also flooded his twitter accounts.
Here are some of the twitter reactions:
Many more happy returns of the day @imVkohli , keep hunting those chases down forever.?
— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) November 5, 2017
A very happy birthday skipper @imVkohli who inspires,leads by example and who also makes us run fast between the wickets 🙂 have a gr8 one. pic.twitter.com/eOHin5CSLV
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88) November 5, 2017
Chase Master. Modern Master. The Run Machine. Happy Birthday, Virat Kohli. Feels great that World’s best batsman is an Indian. pic.twitter.com/6b63FN3s4w
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 5, 2017
I hope this year brings many wonderful moments for you to celebrate. Have the best one & happy birthday @imVkohli.
— cheteshwar pujara (@cheteshwar1) November 5, 2017
Most international runs at 29
18938 – Sachin Tendulkar
15631 – Virat Kohli
13234 – J Kallis
13024 – G Smith
12200 – AB deV
12043 – R Ponting— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 5, 2017
Happy birthday @imVkohli Keep being your amazing self..hope all your dreams come true & hope you keep touching the sky! ??
— Shraddha (@ShraddhaKapoor) November 5, 2017
#HappyBirthdayVirat. Dear @imVkohli, I wish that you live to hit 100 years in age & complete the hundredth year running! pic.twitter.com/KkS0iTQbOk
— Dr Raman Singh (@drramansingh) November 5, 2017
@imVkohli Happy bday to one of the very best in the modern era.Have a great year ahead #StayBlessed pic.twitter.com/z0Swz6d5Xf
— Angelo Mathews (@Angelo69Mathews) November 5, 2017
Happy Birthday, @imVkohli. Have yet another fabulous year. God bless #HappyBirthdayVirat pic.twitter.com/33fCZye5cE
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) November 5, 2017
Happy birthday Master @imVkohli May we always be in awe watching you play. Keep on inspiring us the way you do?? #happybirthdayvirat pic.twitter.com/6cH5LkUDTk
— Mandeep Singh (@mandeeps12) November 4, 2017
Revenge no. 1️⃣ ?
Happy birthday, skipper- @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/mkv5KV08gH— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) November 4, 2017
The meaning of Virat is Majestic! That’s exactly what your performances on the field have been in the last few years @imVkohli
Happy b’day! pic.twitter.com/p57YYy94aG— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) November 5, 2017