Rohit Sharma turned 33 years old on Thursday, April 30, and messages conveying birthday wishes to the India vice-captain filled the social media channels. Among them were, of course, his many cricketing compadres.
Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir regarded him as ‘the best white-ball cricketer’ in his social post earlier in the day.
Happy Birthday to the best white ball cricketer in the world @ImRo45! Have a great year ahead!! pic.twitter.com/PJqDTVcohy
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 30, 2020
From white ball to red ball, one of the best Indian Test cricketers Cheteshwar Pujara, also took to wishing the Mumbai Indians skipper on his special day with a photo showing the two enjoying some off-time on a pleasant boat ride.
Wish you a very happy birthday @ImRo45 bro, hope you have a great year full of happiness, fun and good health pic.twitter.com/llp859KOff
— cheteshwar pujara (@cheteshwar1) April 30, 2020
Mumbai Indians teammate Mitchell McClenaghan shared a photo of the two holding the IPL trophy together.
Happy birthday Brother @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/p7Xg60Kdg8
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) April 30, 2020
Suresh Raina, in his greeting, reflected the current real-world situation by advising Sharma to ‘stay home, stay safe, bake a cake’.
Happy birthday, Rohit! Wishing you and the family health and happiness in these dire times. Stay home, stay safe, bake a cake. @ImRo45 #HappyBirthdayRohit pic.twitter.com/E2ToRIkGIS
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) April 29, 2020
We round up the rest of the best wishes conveyed to Rohit Sharma below, including India coach Ravi Shastri, Mayank Agarwal and other well-wishers.
Happy Birthday, Sharmaaaa! Have a great year ahead. Here's wishing you and your family health and happiness - God Bless @ImRo45 #HappyBirthdayRohit #HitmanDay #HappyBirthdayHitman pic.twitter.com/lNlGfYN9aa
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) April 30, 2020
Throwback to this special moment with @ImRo45 as he guided me to my first test hundred. Happy Birthday, Rohit!
Can't wait to recreate this!#HappyBirthdayRohit pic.twitter.com/OP961EtkKh
— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket) April 30, 2020
Many happy returns of the day sham! Keep shining. God bless #happybirthday @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/g79WM41lEg
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) April 30, 2020
Happy birthday to you. From good friends and true, from old friends and new, may good luck go with you and happiness too!”@ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/5wtgrhUsbn
— Mohammad Shami (@MdShami11) April 29, 2020
You are one of the nicest and most genuine people I know. Wish you a very happy birthday bro @ImRo45 #HappyBirthdayRohit #HappyBirthdayHitman
— Khaleel Ahmed (@imK_Ahmed13) April 30, 2020
Rohit Sharma is till date the only cricketer to have notched up more than one One-Day International double-century, surpassing the 200-run mark thrice. Among them, the 264-run haul against Sri Lanka in 2014 earns him the distinction of the highest individual score racked up in the format, edging out Martin Guptill's 237 against the Windies the following year.
Feature image courtesy: AFP / STR
