Lord's, Adelaide extend wishes on Virat Kohli's 31st birthday

On the occasion of Indian skipper Virat Kohli's 31st birthday, sporting centres across the world extended their warm wishes to King Kohli. Home of Cricket, Lord's Cricket Ground in England took to Twitter to share a short and delightful video of Captain Kohli wishing him and also captioned the video as, "Is he currently the best batsman in the world across all three formats?" On the other hand, the Adelaide Oval in Australia shared a picture of a scoreboard with "Happy Birthday Virat Kohli" imprinted on it. On his 31st birthday, Twitter exploded with birthday wishes for Virat Kohli as he was hailed as a G.O.A.T - Greatest of all time - by the fans as they paid tribute to the batting maestro on his birthday. Virat Kohli, who is on a break from cricket at the moment, is currently touring Bhutan with wife Anushka Sharma.

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Sehwag Compares Kohli's Batting To F5 Key

Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag took to Twitter to wish Indian skipper Virat Kohli as he celebrates his 31st birthday on November 5. Sehwag, who has always spoken highly about Virat Kohli, in his tweet, mentioned his batting to be like the F5 'refresh button' as everyone is blessed to witness Virat Kohli's era. Sehwag had also recently said that there is something special about Virat Kohli which is why he is scoring runs consistently. Furthermore, Sehwag said that players like Tendulkar, Ganguly, Laxman, Dravid have had ups, and downs in their careers but Virat Kohli hasn't had that in his career till now.

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Virat Kohli's magical run 

The skipper's journey from when he began his career for the Men in Blue under the wings of Captain Cool MS Dhoni to becoming a successful skipper of the Indian team has been groundbreaking and spectacular. With consistency in skill and performance, the Indian skipper is easily one of the most respected cricketers in the world and he is after breaking records, those being held by legends of the game for a very long time. Recently, Kohli became the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a single decade, the incredible stat providing another reflection of his greatness. 

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