"Forever Fan Favourite": Wishes Pour In For Jonty Rhodes On His 51st Birthday
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Jonty Rhodes dazzled everyone with his fielding abilities and endeared himself to the Indian public as he explored the country on a motorcycle.
Jonty Rhodes turned 51 on Monday and wishes poured in for the former South African cricketer.© Instagram
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Former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes turned 51 on Monday
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Wishes poured in for Jonty Rhodes to mark the special occassion
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Jonty Rhodes was known for his brilliant fielding throughout his career
Happy birthday to our former fielding coach and a forever fan favourite in Mumbai, @jontyrhodes8 . #OneFamilyA post shared by Mumbai Indians (@mumbaiindians) on
The South African superstar Jonty Rhodes, who is widely regarded as one of the best fielders that the game has ever seen was also wished by the official Twitter account of the Cricket World Cup. In the tweet, Cricket World Cup's official handle shared a video of Jonty Rhodes' famous run-out from the 1992 World Cup.
Rhodes pulled off a spectacular run out to get rid of Inzamam-ul-Haq, Cricket World Cup in the caption of their tweet wrote, "Happy Birthday Jonty Rhodes, WATCH his superman run-out from the 1992 CWC against Pakistan".
Rhodes made his debut back in 1992 against Australia at Sydney in a One-day International. He played 245 ODIs in a career spanning over eleven years and scored 5,935 runs with an average of 35.11.
In Tests, Jonty Rhodes made his debut against India at Durban in 1992. He featured in 52 Test matches and scored 2,532 runs with an average of 35.66. Rhodes managed to score 17 half-centuries and three centuries in the longest format of the game.
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