"Always Got Your Back": Hardik Pandya Leads Birthday Wishes For KL Rahul

KL Rahul is celebrating his 28th birthday on Saturday and he was greeted with a special wish from his "brotherman" Hardik Pandya. The India all-rounder took to Instagram to share a picture with KL Rahul and extend his wishes. "Happy birthday brotherman. Always got your back," Hardik Pandya captioned the post on Instagram. KL Rahul's statemate, Mayank Agarwal also wished the India batsman on his birthday. "Many happy returns of the day Dost @rahulkl May this year bring you more happiness , health and success. Can't wait to have a little crazy and fun," Mayank Agarwal wrote.

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Happy birthday brotherman Always got your back

A post shared by Hardik Pandya (@hardikpandya93) on Apr 17, 2020 at 12:54pm PDT

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Many happy returns of the day Dost @rahulkl May this year bring you more happiness , health and success . Can't wait to have a little crazy and fun

A post shared by Mayank Agarwal (@mayankagarawal) on Apr 17, 2020 at 7:26pm PDT

"Happy birthday @klrahul11 bro, have a great one," Shikhar Dhawan tweeted.

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

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) April 18, 2020

"36 Tests, 32 ODIs, 42 T20Is. 4,706 international runs. First India player to score a century on ODI debut. Third Indian to score a century in all three formats of the game. Happy birthday, KL Rahul," ICC wrote on Twitter.

36 Tests, 32 ODIs, 42 T20Is
4,706 international runs
First player to score a century on ODI debut
Third Indian to score a century in all three formats of the game

Happy birthday, KL Rahul pic.twitter.com/gcrbRFVtzH

— ICC (@ICC) April 18, 2020

KL Rahul was the top performer for India in the limited overs leg of the New Zealand tour.

KL Rahul scored 221 runs in the five-match Twenty20 International series while he accumulated 204 runs in the One-Day Internationals.

The right-handed batsman made his Test debut back in 2014 but he had to wait for another two years to make it to the limited overs squad.

On his ODI debut against Zimbabwe, KL Rahul became the first Indian batsman to score a century in his first game for the country in the 50-over format.

KL Rahul is also one of the three Indian batsmen to have scored a century in all three formats of the game.

Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma are the other two India batters who have achieved this feat in international cricket.  

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Hardik Pandya KL Rahul Shikhar Dhawan Mayank Agarwal Cricket