Birthday wishes to Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli came in proportion to the runs he has scored — loads of them! The well-wishers coming from different spheres of life flooded the Twitter with greetings on the cricket star’s 29th birthday on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Virat Kohli through a tweet: “Birthday Greetings to World’s Best Batsman Virat Kohli. May God Bless You With Long,Healthy And Happy Life, Virat Sixes #HappyBirthdayVirat.” PM Modi’s tweet also carried a video in which Kohli is seen battering the bowlers.

Birthday Greetings To World’s Best Batsman Virat Kohli. May God Bless You With Long,Healthy And Happy Life, Virat Sixes #HappyBirthdayVirat pic.twitter.com/KtMm7nVax6

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— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi177) November 5, 2017

Virat Kohli was bombarded with greetings on Twitter by people comprising sportspersons, politicians, film stars, artists, official handles of corporates and even International Cricket Council.

Among those who wished Virat include Suresh Raina, Sourav Ganguly, Ravi Shahstri, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashwin Ravichandran, Angelo Mathews, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Shami, Akash Chopra, Mayanti Langer, and Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, Union Minister Praful Patel and celebrated sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik. Famous chief VIkas Khanna also wished the cricketer on twitter.

The meaning of Virat is Majestic! That’s exactly what your performances on the field have been in the last few years @imVkohli
Happy b’day! pic.twitter.com/p57YYy94aG

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) November 5, 2017

@imVkohli happy birthday and god bless …have a great day

— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) November 5, 2017

A very happy birthday skipper @imVkohli who inspires,leads by example and who also makes us run fast between the wickets 🙂 have a gr8 one. pic.twitter.com/eOHin5CSLV

— ajinkyarahane88 (@ajinkyarahane88) November 5, 2017

Many more happy returns of the day @imVkohli , keep hunting those chases down forever.🎉

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) November 5, 2017

Happy Birthday @imVkohli from @msdhoni and His fans. #HappyBirthdayVirat
PC: BCCI pic.twitter.com/MJ8B4RQJoR

— MS Dhoni™ (@BleedDhonism) November 5, 2017

He’s India’s charismatic captain and undoubtedly one of the finest batsmen in the world in all three formats. Happy Birthday @imVkohli! pic.twitter.com/jPHsqovnEy

— ICC (@ICC) November 5, 2017

I hope this year brings many wonderful moments for you to celebrate. Have the best one & happy birthday @imVkohli.

— cheteshwar pujara (@cheteshwar1) November 5, 2017

The boy destined to be king. Happy birthday @imVkohli may your star keep shining ✨

— Mayanti Langer Binny (@MayantiLanger_B) November 5, 2017

Happy birthday @imVkohli my brother from another mother.. khush reh.. rab tenu hamesha chardikala ch rakhe.. god bless

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) November 5, 2017

Many many happy returns of the day virat 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 @imVkohli @ESPNcricinfo @ICC pic.twitter.com/1LizqkiZls

— Mohammad Shami (@MdShami11) November 5, 2017

 

Happy birthday to the Run Machine @imVkohli. Hope you have a fantastic year ahead.
Wish you the best of everything.#HappyBirthdayVirat pic.twitter.com/xN4WJ24yic

— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) November 5, 2017

Phaji may you rise more and more #HappyBirthdayVirat@smilefoundation @imVkohli #viratkohlifoundation pic.twitter.com/eS1gjhpirK

— Vikas Khanna (@TheVikasKhanna) November 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/RaviShastriOfc/status/927000835292303360

From Bollywood, actors Shraddha Kapoor and VIvek Oberoi also greeted the cricket star on Twitter.

Happy birthday @imVkohli Keep being your amazing self..hope all your dreams come true & hope you keep touching the sky! 🍰💕

— Shraddha (@ShraddhaKapoor) November 5, 2017

Many happy returns of the day @imVkohli. Hope u have an amazing year. Keep making us proud. All the best for the final. #HappyBirthdayVirat

— Vivek Anand Oberoi (@vivek_oberoi) November 5, 2017

Famous sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik tweet with a picture of the sand sculpture of the cricketer.

#HappyBirthdayVirat :
Very warm birthday greetings to you @imVkohli; God bless you. One of my SandArts. pic.twitter.com/vb6yN27alN

— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) November 5, 2017

Earlier, images of Virat Kohli celebrating his birthday with the teammates were largely circulated on the social media, in which the captain is seen cutting the birthday cake.  He also posted some of the pictures on his official twitter handle.

Thank you everyone for all the love and the wishes.
God Bless you all. 😊 pic.twitter.com/DTzlyRiZEM

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) November 4, 2017