Birthdays are always exciting especially when you have your near and dear ones. But for our cricketers who are always on the go, their teammates turn out to be their close buddies as they end up spending most of their time with each other. Yesterday it was KL Rahul’s birthday yesterday and team Kings XI Punjab celebrated the day with a pomp.

The team at the start of the day headed for a practice session but later was seen smacking the cake on KL Rahul’s face. The official page of Kings XI Punjab shared the video of the same. The video was captioned, “Happy birthday @rahulkl 🎂  #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi #KingsXIPunjab#KXIP #VIVOIPL.”

Happy birthday @rahulkl 🎂 #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi #KingsXIPunjab #KXIP #VIVOIPL

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Even KXIP owner Preity Zinta wished the right-handed batsman.

KXIP mentor Virender Sehwag gave a new name to Rahul on his birthday. He took to social media and shared a picture with him which was captioned, “Happy Birthday Kadak Ladke Rahul. May you keep smashing them @rahulkl.”

Happy Birthday Kadak Ladke Rahul. May you keep smashing them @rahulkl

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Yuvraj Singh too wished Rahul and wrote, “Happy birthday bud keep shining like the star 🌟 you are ! Lots of love @rahulkl 👊🏽.”

 

Talking about the team, as of now the KXIP has acquired the third spot on the points table by winning 2 out of three matches. The team will take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad today in Mohali. KXIP would definitely be trying to maintain their winning streak especially after defeating the Chennai Super Kings by 4 runs in the last match in Mohali.

 

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