Virat Kohli’s Birthday – IND vs SCO LIVE: As Virat Kohli turns 33, India & the cricket world has started wishing the mastero on his birthday. Kohli himself on his birthday will aim to register massive victory over Scotland tonite in T20 World Cup so that they stay in hunt for the spot in Semifinals. Can Kohli make the Friday full of celebrations and end his 2 year century drought on his birthday? Follow Virat Kohli’s birthday celebrations & IND vs SCO LIVE Updates on InsideSport.in
Indian team’s SPECIAL Plans for Kohli’s Birthday: As India is playing Scotland tonight, no special celebrations are being planned at this stage. Post the match, Kohli will be cutting cake in the dressing room and once in hotel will be spending time with wife Anushka Sharma & daughter Vamika.
Meanwhile wishes have started pouring in for the Indian captain –
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23,159 intl. runs & going strong 💪
Most Test wins as Indian captain 👍
2011 World Cup & 2013 Champions Trophy-winner 🏆 🏆Wishing @imVkohli – #TeamIndia captain & one of the best modern-day batsmen – a very happy birthday. 🎂👏
Let’s relive his fine ton in pink-ball Test 🔽
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 5, 2021
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Happy Birthday @imVkohli . Wishing you good health and happiness for the coming year! pic.twitter.com/mg4q8VYvFN
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88) November 5, 2021
Tough times don’t last long, tough people do. A once in a generation player , wishing @imVkohli a very happy birthday and a great year ahead. #HappyBirthdayViratKohli pic.twitter.com/a8Ysq9ff9v
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 5, 2021
Happy birthday to @imVkohli wishing you happy healthy and prosperous life ahead
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) November 5, 2021
Happy Birthday, @imVkohli!
Thank you for everything that you are to RCB, your teammates and to millions of fans around the world. Stay blessed, King! 😇#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #HappyBirthdayViratKohli #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/d44BrQJFU5
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) November 5, 2021
A very happy birthday to @imVkohli .Wishing you love, success and great health in the times to come. #HappyBirthdayViratKohli
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) November 5, 2021
Always smiling 😁
Happy birthday to India captain Virat Kohli.
Will he get a win tonight as a present?#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/8aZKj8Lqgn
— ICC (@ICC) November 5, 2021
Batting great Sachin Tendulkar also sent great wishes to Kohli. “Many happy returns of the day @imVkohli. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead full of success, happiness and good health,” tweeted Sachin Tendulkar.
Varun Chakravarthy also lavished praise on Virat Kohli on his birthday, and compared him to Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. The mystery spinner said, “Burj Khalifa… That’s the tallest building in the world. (Comparison-wise) it has to be Virat Kohli. He’s the biggest one, the captain of the side. Also because of the number of runs he has scored”.
Will Kohli give himself special birthday present by ending his century drought?
Virat Kohli’s Birthday – IND vs SCO LIVE: Kohli hasn’t scored a century now in more than 2 years & his birthday is a perfect ocassion for the champion batsman to end his century drought.
Kohli’s rise to greatness has been at such a pace that despite not being at his best in the last couple of years, he is still miles ahead in terms of runs and centuries among modern-day cricketers.
With 70 international centuries, Kohli is third on the list only behind Sachin Tendulkar (100) and Ricky Ponting (71).
The Indian captain has 23159, which is the seventh most in the list of all-time highest run-scorers in international cricket and is also the only one averaging over 50 across formats among 11 great cricketers who have managed to notch up more than 20000 international runs.