Captain Kohli turns 29, receives bouquet of wishes
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): India might have lost the second T20I match against the Black Caps, but the Men in Blue had a reason to celebrate as it was Virat Kohli's first birthday as Indian captain.
ANI
Nov 05, 2017 12:25 IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): India might have lost the second T20I match against the Black Caps, but the Men in Blue had a reason to celebrate as it was Virat Kohli's first birthday as Indian captain.
As the Indian captain turned 29 on Sunday, the skipper's friends, fans, colleagues, including both former and current cricketers did not miss an opportunity of showering their love and wishing him on this special day.
The dressing room fun on his birthday was clearly visible in the photos BCCI posted through its official Twitter account, captioning #HappybirthdayVirat.
#HappybirthdayVirat pic.twitter.com/SeFCAxttIG
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 4, 2017
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya also uploaded a picture of Virat's cake smeared face on Twitter and captioned it - Revenge no. 1, Happy birthday, skipper- @imVkohli
Revenge no. 1?? ??
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) November 4, 2017
Happy birthday, skipper- @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/mkv5KV08gH
Head coach Ravi Shastri also wished Kohli on Twitter and wished another fabulous year for the right-handed batsman.
Happy Birthday, @imVkohli. Have yet another fabulous year. God bless #HappyBirthdayVirat pic.twitter.com/33fCZye5cE
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) November 5, 2017
Left-handed batsman Suresh Raina praised Kohli for his majestic performance on field and wished him on Twitter.
The meaning of Virat is Majestic! That's exactly what your performances on the field have been in the last few years @imVkohli
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) November 5, 2017
Happy b'day! pic.twitter.com/p57YYy94aG
He's India's charismatic captain and undoubtedly one of the finest batsmen in the world in all three formats. Happy Birthday @imVkohli! pic.twitter.com/jPHsqovnEy
— ICC (@ICC) 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
#HappyBirthdayVirat :
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) November 5, 2017
Very warm birthday greetings to you @imVkohli; God bless you. One of my SandArts. pic.twitter.com/vb6yN27alN
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
Captain Kohli thanked all the teammates and the fans for their love and warm wishes with a tweet which read, "Thank you everyone for all the love and the wishes. God Bless you all."
Thank you everyone for all the love and the wishes.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) November 4, 2017
God Bless you all. ?? pic.twitter.com/DTzlyRiZEM
Known as Indian run machine, Kohli holds the top position in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and also dominates in the shorter format as he is ranked number one in T20I too.
Recently, the Delhi batsman became the fastest to reach 9000 ODI runs. (ANI)
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