Former cricketer Irfan Pathan on Thursday sent birthday greetings to his ex-teammate Yuvraj Singh and praised him for being a fighter on the field.

Sanju Samson arrived in South Africa on the back of his career best score of 111 against Bangladesh in Hyderabad last month.

The four-match T20I series between India and South Africa will kick off on November 8 at Kingsmead in Durban.

As talisman India batter Virat Kohli turned 36 on Tuesday, the cricketing fraternity extended their wishes to the birthday boy.

Former India batter Virender Sehwag turned 46 on Sunday and batting great Sachin Tendulkar extended wishes to his former teammate.

In only his second T20I, Nitish Reddy scored a brilliant 74 in just 34 balls, with four fours and seven sixes.

Abhishek Sharma received public bashing by Yuvraj Singh after the former was run out in the first T20I against Bangladesh.

Birthday wishes poured in for Team India's star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant as he turned 27 on Friday.

India are set to tour Australia for a five-match Test series, starting November 22 this year.

Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh took quite a clever stance when asked to name his picks from Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni in the 'play, bench, sell' game.