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Team India are on a roll after winning their first seven games in ODI World Cup 2023 and so far they remain to be the only side to be unbeaten in this tournament. On November 5, India will be facing a tough challenge in South Africa at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the day will also be celebrated as Virat Kohli's birthday. Here, in this article we will have a look on the games played by Virat Kohli on his birthday.
List of international games played by Virat Kohli on his birthday:
1 & 29 vs South Africa in Mohali in 2015 (Test)
2*(2) vs Scotland in 2021 T20 World Cup
Virat Kohli has played only these two games on his birthday. Virat Kohli will be playing an ODI match on his birthday for the first time tomorrow.
Interesting observations:
2015 Test match against South Africa was Virat Kohli's first match as captain on Indian soil.
2021 T20 World Cup game against Scotland was Virat Kohli's last series as captain in his T20I career.
Other games where he played close to his birth date are:
- Test match against West Indies in 2013 which started on 6th November. It was also Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test series.
- ODI match against Sri Lanka in 2014 in Ahmedabad on 6th November.
- T20I match against New Zealand in 2017 in Rajkot on 4th November.
- IPL 2020 Eliminator match against SRH in Abu Dhabi on 6th November.
- T20 WC game against Zimbabwe in 2022 in Melbourne on 6th November.
