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[Watch] Crowd Goes Wild As Virat Kohli Enters To Bat On His Birthday Against South Africa

image-lolaszkeVirat Kohli turns 35 today. [PC: X]

Nowadays, it feels like it's Virat Kohli's ground wherever he plays as every time he steps on the field, the crowd goes berserk seeing the glimpse of their demigod. And it was no different when India's number three walked out to bat on his birthday against South Africa at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata during Match 37 of the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.

Kohli, on Sunday, turned 35 and it feels nothing less than a carnival with the Cricket World Cup going on as well in the city of joy. With India electing to bat first, the crowd were eager to see the King taking the field on his special day.

And it wasn't a long wait as the 35-year-old made an energetic entry into the ground in the sixth over after captain Rohit Sharma's magnificent 24-ball 40 cameo to give India a flying start early in the powerplay. The packed Eden Gardens' crowd erupted in joy as King Kohli charged towards the crease and joined Shubman Gill in the middle.

Here is the video of Virat Kohli greeted by fans at the Eden Gardens as he walked out to bat on his birthday.


The Delhi-born cricketer is undoubtedly one of the greatest cricketers to play the game. He is currently in the middle of his 16th year in international cricket and he has amassed more than 26000 runs including 78 centuries, only second to the great Sachin Tendulkar.

Additionally, Kohli is having a great World Cup so far as he has scored more 442 runs in seven games at an average of 88.4, including one century and four half centuries. As of writing this, Kohli has got off to a good start against South Africa as well as he is batting on 25(26) with India 2 down for 107 after 16 overs.

The Rohit Sharma-led unit is the only side in the tournament to be unbeaten so far. They have won each of their seven league games so far and will be eyeing to make it eight wins in a row against an inform South African side.