India and Punjab Kings (PBKS) batsman KL Rahul has been celebrating his 29th birthday on Sunday, April 18, and people from the cricket community and fans have been wishing for the Karnataka cricketer as well as PBKS captain. Rahul is currently with his Punjab team where they have been playing in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2021.
“Happy Birthday KL Rahul. Wishing you success and a great year ahead,” wished India and Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli. “Mirror mirror on the wall, we know he’s the KLassiest of ’em all,” added Punjab Kings in their birthday wish for Rahul, sharing, “Happiest of birthdays to the one and only.”
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“Here’s wishing @klrahul11 – one of the most stylish batsmen going around – a very happy birthday,” added the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on social media and they shared a highlights video of his hundred against England in Pune last month as well.
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As he brings in his birthday, let's relive his superb hundred against England 🎥 👇 https://t.co/y6ak9h5NjR pic.twitter.com/6twfICjQCU
— BCCI (@BCCI) April 18, 2021
Meanwhile, KL Rahul’s India teammate Yuzvendra Chahal wrote a birthday wish: “Happy birthday bro.”
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RCB, too, wished him on his birthday.
Wishing Indian cricket team ⭐ and former RCB player KL Rahul a very happy birthday!🤩
We will see you on the field on the 3⃣0⃣th ಗುರು 👊#PlayBold #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/OBDuiT2BaP
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 18, 2021
Here are other wishes for KL Rahul:
Happy birthday buddy 🎉 Not on your side tonight though 😝 @klrahul11 pic.twitter.com/GedtH6YYw0
— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) April 18, 2021
I saw this young boy for the first time in 2009 at the NCA and was impressed by the extra time he’d to play his shots. A few years later he won us a Ranji title and made it to the Indian team and hasn’t looked back. Happy birthday, @klrahul11. Wishing you loads of runs #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/siSLodW3Y1
— Dodda Ganesh | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗಣೇಶ್ (@doddaganesha) April 18, 2021
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday bud @klrahul11! Lots of love and blessings! All the best for IPL, take the team to the end 👊🏻
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 18, 2021
Meanwhile, actor Athiya Shetty also wished KL Rahul on his birthday. She posted: “grateful for you, happy birthday”
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Meanwhile, Suniel Shetty, Athiya Shetty’s father garnered a lot of attention for leaving a remark on her daughter’s post on Instagram. Suniel Shetty was one of the first to reacted to her post. Suniel Shetty wrote: “Truly” with a heart emoji. On the other hand, MI all-rounder Hardik Pandya commented, “My cuties.”
PBKS lost their last game but Rahul backed the team. He said: “There’s not much more to say. If any team loses five wickets in the first seven or eight overs, it’s always going to be catch up. They bowled well, we played some bad shots, that’s how the game goes. It (pitch) was a lot more sticky and tacky than what it looked like. Credit to the CSK bowlers, they bowled in the right channels, Deepak with his knuckle balls got a couple of wickets, getting myself run-out doesn’t help the team. Just the way we started, the pitch was still okay, it wasn’t a 100-110 wicket, maybe 150-160 sort of a wicket. But it’s a good learning for us, hopefully we can learn from these mistakes and come back stronger in the next game.”
