Virat Kohli is currently busy playing for India in the ongoing 20-20 World Cup in Australia. Before the Asia Cup 2022, he was not in great form with the bat for a long time since 2019. So, fans were worried as the World Cup was approaching. But, since that tournament, Virat Kohli has shown a great patch of run with the bat.
In the Asia Cup campaign, Virat Kohli was the second-highest scorer. Now, in the ongoing World Cup, he has shown a great run of form with the bat. On 5 November 2022, he is celebrating his 34th birthday. Now, a video went viral where the former Indian skipper was seen celebrating his birthday with media persons at MCG.
Here is the shared video:
Virat kohli enjoyed cake of his birthday at MCG along with media.#ViratKohli #HappyBirthdayViratKohli pic.twitter.com/3MT1TD5xRB
— Sports_lover10 (@cricket_keeda10) November 5, 2022
Virat Kohli has hit three fifties so far in four matches of the ongoing 20-20 World Cup
Speaking of the video, Virat Kohli was seen coming out of the MCG. Many media persons were seen as Virat Kohli cutting a cake there. However, he also shared some light moments with those media persons. Meanwhile, Kohli even said: “Aap logon ne to kabhi cake nahi bheja mujhe” with a smile.
Speaking of his current form, he has scored 220 runs in four matches so far in this ongoing World Cup. Against Pakistan and Bangladesh, Virat Kohli came up with match-winning knocks. Against arch-rivals Pakistan, Kohli scored 82* runs off 53 balls, at a strike rate of 154.71. Then, against Bangladesh, he scored 64* runs off 44 balls, at a strike rate of 145.45.
Even, now he has become the highest run-scorer in the history of the 20-20 World Cup. On 4 November in Adelaide, Australia took on Afghanistan. Glenn Maxwell won the player of the match award for his match-winning knock. Glenn Maxwell was seen speaking after their victory over the Afghans in Adelaide. There, a reporter asked him about his message to Virat Kohli regarding his birthday. In reply to that, he said: "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."