KL Rahul turns 28 in quarantine, cricket fraternity unites to wish him

Just like many others across the world, Indian cricketer KL Rahul is also celebrating his 28th birthday at home due to the coronavirus outbreak.

However, his heroic stints in international cricket last year have successfully gathered him best wishes from the cricket fraternity as well his many fans who are still in awe of his wicket-keeping and batting.

In 2019, Rahul scored 572 runs at an average of 47.66 in 13 matches in the ODI format, while this year he is averaging 70 after scoring 350 runs in 6 matches.

Here’s what the teammates and fans have to say to the Kings Xi Punjab captain on his birthday:

On his birthday, let's relive KL Rahul's first World Cup century ?

His knock of 111 against Sri Lanka in the 2019 ICC Men's @cricketworldcup comprised of 11 fours and a six! pic.twitter.com/iZkiB7AHbH

— ICC (@ICC) April 18, 2020

Here's wishing @klrahul11 a very happy birthday ??? pic.twitter.com/gvhG2zeXsn

— BCCI (@BCCI) April 18, 2020

Happy Birthday @klrahul11 !! Lots of love and good-wishes bro. #happybirthday #klrahul pic.twitter.com/p1gRRvbfT3

— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops) April 18, 2020

Many more happy returns of the day @klrahul11 , may you have the best of quarantine days before you return to smacking that ball. ☺️

— lets stay indoors India ?? (@ashwinravi99) April 18, 2020

Happy birthday @klrahul11 bro, have a great one ? pic.twitter.com/Q5DzXO7Qs6

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) April 18, 2020

Not just his teammates and cricket associations but Rahul was wished well on his special day by Bollywood actor Athiya Shetty, who is also rumoured to be in a relationship with the cricketer.

Athiya shared a cozy picture of herself with Rahul on her Instagram and wrote, “Happy birthday my person.”