Virat Kohli leads cricket fraternity to wish Yuzvendra Chahal on 30th birthday

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Team India captain Virat Kohli wished leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on his 30th birthday. Chahal is a mainstay in India's limited-overs squad and in the past couple of years, he has emerged as a match-winner for the team. 

Chahal also played alongside Kohli in IPL as the Indian skipper also leads Royal Challengers Bangalore in the cash-rich league. Kohli posted a photo with Chahal on his Instagram story and wrote: "Happy b'day Yuzi. God bless you. Keep the brave spirit alive."

India's limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma pulled Chahal's leg in the birthday wish.  "Many happy returns to India's greatest national treasure #GOAT @yuzi_chahal," Rohit tweeted with a rare photo of the pair from the days when Chahal was part of the Mumbai Indians.

Apart from Kohli, other players from cricket fraternity also wished Chahal on the special occasion. Chahal is known for his antics on and off the field and he received similar birthday wishes from his current and former teammates.

Head coach Ravi Shastri was one of the first ones to wish Chahal and he wrote on Twitter: "Happy Birthday Yuzi. Keep giving it a rip and see you soon - @yuzi_chahal."

Former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh came up with a quirky message and his tweet read: "Yuzi Chahal or should I call you Mr. chuha. Special wishes for you to gain some weight. Keep entertaining with your funny videos and comments. Wishing you a successful year ahead. Happy Birthday @yuzi_chahal."

Spinner Kuldeep Yadav's post on Twitter read: "Happy Birthday to my partner in crime, and most importantly brother on and off the field @yuzi_chahal. Wishing you health happiness, great success and many more wickets."

Fast-bowler Shardul Thakur wrote on Twitter: "Happy Birthday @yuzi_chahal. Miss those cake smashing days."

The Twitter handle of BCCI put forward some interesting stats on Chahal's birthday and their post read: "1st Indian bowler (men's) to take a 5-wicket haul in T20Is. 2nd bowler to take 6 wickets in an ODI and a T20I. Fastest Indian to scalp 50 T20I wickets. Happy Birthday@yuzi_chahal."

Chahal has so far played 52 ODIs and 42 T20Is for India in which he has scalped 91 and 55 wickets respectively.