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Twitter Explodes With Birthday Wishes For Virat Kohli

New Delhi: It’s the eve of India’s final T20 World Cup Super 12 match against Zimbabwe at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and also star batter Virat Kohli’s 34th birthday today, November 5 and his fans want a return gift in the form of the T20 World Cup from him! But regardless of whether he brings it home or not, they still love him.

Wishes already started pouring in for the India great last night. A day before his birthday, Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell dropped a heart-warming message for Kohli on live TV.

Yeah, so tomorrow, I just want to wish a very happy birthday to one of my very good friends, Virat Kohli. Hope you have a great day. I’ll send you a text anyway. Enjoy, mate,” said Maxwell.

Pakistan pacer Shahnawaz Dahani took to his official Twitter profile and conveyed his birthday wishes to the ‘GOAT’. “Just couldn’t wait for 5th Nov to wish the artist who made cricket the most beautiful. Happy birthday @imVkohli the #GOAT. Enjoy your day brother & Keep entertaining the world,” Dahani wrote on his official Twitter account.

Here’s what BCCI tweeted.

“We need a gift from you,” said Harbhajan Singh.

Here is the list of records held by the Indian maestro as compiled by NDTV

Most runs in the history of the T20 World Cup (1,065)

Fastest to reach 8,000, 9,000, 10,000, 11,000, and 12,000 runs in ODIs

Most player of the series awards in T20Is (7)

Most player of the match awards in T20Is (15)

Most runs in T20I Internationals (3,932)

Highest career batting average in T20Is (53.13)

Fastest to 3,000 in T20Is (81 innings)

Most hundreds against a team in ODIs (9 vs West Indies)

Most fifties in T20 Internationals (37)