Virat Kohli will celebrate his 35th Birthday on 5th November. Incidentally, on the very same day, India will face South Africa at the iconic Eden Gardens. Ahead of the mega encounter between the two giants, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) will arrange for a special cake-cutting ceremony for King Kohli.
According to reports by Sports Today, the CAB President, Snehasish Ganguly, bother of Sourav Ganguly has claimed that something special will be arranged for Virat Kohli. “Eden Gardens is looking for something special for Virat Kohli’s birthday on 5th November”.
Rev Sportz claims that the special cake-cutting ceremony for Virat Kohli will be done before the start of the match. The former India team skipper is enjoying excellent form after having slammed a century and currently standing 4th in the list of the highest run-getters.
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Virat Kohli has been in splendid form off late and has come to India’s rescue from the very first game. Against the Aussies when India was reduced to 2/3, Kohli took the crease and safely guided his side to victory. He then went on to slam a brilliant century against Bangladesh and fell short of the 3-digit mark against New Zealand in the following game.
With 48 ODI centuries, Kohli is just a ton behind matching the great Sachin Tendulkar. Pundits have tipped that Kohli has a wonderful opportunity to slam his 49th ton against the Proteas on his Birthday at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
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