Suryakumar Yadav Birthday: Virat Kohli Leads Birthday Wishes As Star Batter Turns 32

14.09.2022 - 12:41 sports.ndtv.com

The members of the Indian cricket team came forward to extend birthday wishes to batter Suryakumar Yadav, who turned 32 on Wednesday.

Suryakumar has been an integral part of Team India, whose powerful knocks took the team across the line on many occassions. The stars like Virat Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, were among those who shared wishes for Suryakumar on their social media on his special day.

Taking to Instagram, Kohli posted a picture with Suryakumar and wrote, "Happy Birthday SKY. Wishing you great success." "Wishing the dashing and stylish #TeamIndia batter @surya_14kumar a very happy birthday," tweeted Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Wishing the dashing and stylish #TeamIndia batter @surya_14kumar a very happy birthday.pic.twitter.com/q3Z4nhUrqd India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal posted a picture with Surykumar on Twitter and captioned it, "Happy birthday BHAU." Happy birthday BHAU@surya_14kumar #Mr360 pic.twitter.com/XTXW2agbZV "Happy birthday big brother @surya_14kumar God bless you always," tweeted Kuldeep Yadav.

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