Mumbai Indians' Birthday Wish For Virat Kohli Raises Eyebrows As Rumours Of Rift Between Virat And Rohit Sharma Resurface

Updated - 05 Nov 2020, 04:31 PM

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, RCB vs MI, IPL 2020
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli. Image Credits: IPL

Indian skipper Virat Kohli turned another chapter in his life as he celebrated his 32nd birthday on Thursday. Cricketers and fans from all across the globe wished Virat Kohli on his special day and Twitter was abuzz with the Indian skipper’s birthday wishes. However, there was one Tweet that has once again caused controversy and the tweet comes from none other than Mumbai Indians (MI).

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli seem to have been indulged in a cold war ever since the India National Cricket Team was knocked out of the ICC 2019 World Cup last year. Time and again, rumours of rifts between Virat and Rohit have caused a lot of damage to Indian cricket. Both the cricketers have been silent on the ongoing issues but recently, their most recent picture together didn’t seem a comfortable sight for Indian cricket fans.

Aditi Rao Hydari, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli
Rohit Sharma with Virat Kohli. (Image: Getty)

The two heavyweights of Indian cricket recently met in the ongoing IPL 2020 where both seemed quite distant from each other. Both of them didn’t share a smile and Rohit Sharma’s exclusion from India’s teams across all the formats that will tour to Australia had caused a lot of controversy.

Mumbai Indians’ Birthday Wish For Virat Kohli Sparks Yet Another Rumour Of Rift Between Him And Rohit Sharma

On Thursday, like the other IPL franchises, Mumbai Indians took to Twitter and wished the Indian skipper Virat Kohli, posting a picture of Virat and Hardik Pandya. The Tweet has sparked yet another controversy as the fans have raised questions if everything is fine between the two Indian giants.

Watch Mumbai Indians’ Tweet Here:

The fans have reacted harshly on the tweet and we bring before you the tweets from fans:

https://twitter.com/Arun11103724/status/1324257589157261313?s=20

https://twitter.com/devxyuzistan/status/1324260946634711045?s=20

https://twitter.com/Nayakjayeshkum1/status/1324257643725115394?s=20

https://twitter.com/GNiteesh2/status/1324258863936237568?s=20

Both, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, are arguably two of the best batsmen in world cricket at the moment. Team India is very fortunate to have these both players playing together for the country. Hopefully, the rumours that are surfacing time and again should remain rumours itself as both these players are quintessential for the national team’s success and domination world cricket.

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Twitter.

The two batsmen have been dominating world cricket, especially in the limited-overs format and keeping in view, the upcoming multi-national tournaments in the next five years, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be essential for the Indian team.

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