Published 17:13 IST, September 4th 2019
Virat Kohli wishes Virat, surprises Vikram Prabhu's son on birthday
The Kollywood actor and grandson of legendary actor Shivaji Ganesan was pleasantly surprised with Virat Kohli's five-second video message for his son.
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As India climbed on to top of ICC World Test Championship with 120 points in ir bag after whitewashing West Indies in Test series, Men in Blue are marching on towards ir next target South Africa. Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who was recently dethroned from number one Test rankings for batsmen, surprised Kollywood actor Vikram Prabhu by wishing his son on his birthday as he took to Twitter to post a video mess. Kollywood star is a huge fan of Virat Kohli and in fact, even named his son after Indian skipper. Virat Kohli has also expressed support for new ICC rule on concussion substitutes, saying that it made complete sense to replace a player in such a situation during a test match as effects of a body blow show up late.
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Virat Kohli wishes Virat Prabhu
Kollywood actor and grandson of legendary actor Shivaji Ganesan was pleasantly surprised with Virat Kohli's mess for his son. Vikram Prabhu has named his son after Virat Kohli as he is a big fan of Indian captain. Vikram Prabhu got married to Lakshmi Ujjaini, daughter of an industrialist in year 2007. Kollywood actor couldn't contain his excitement as he took to Twitter to tell his fans that Kohli had taken some time off to post a video mess for his son. Vikram Prabhu said that his son Virat was extremely excited and happy and also conveyed his wishes to Indian skipper on team's victory in Caribbean islands. Read Vikram Prabhu's tweet here:
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Virat Kohli loses number one Test ranking to Smith
India skipper Virat Kohli lost his numero u status after being toppled by Australia's Steve Smith in batsman's chart, while Jasprit Bumrah rose to third position among bowlers in latest ICC Test Rankings released on Tuesday. Kohli slipped to .2 spot following his first-ball duck in Jamaica Test, while Smith returned to top spot riding on his twin centuries in first Ashes Test against England and 92 in second match. Among ors, Ajinkya Rahane returned to top 10, rising four places to .7, after following up his half-century and hundred in Antigua with ar useful fifty in Jamaica. Hanuma Vihari, described by Kohli as " find of series", shot up 40 places to .30 after just six Tests following a fruitful West Indies tour. With India beating West Indies by 257 runs in second Test here on Monday, Kohli registered his 28th Test win from 48 matches, surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 27 wins from 60 Tests, to become country's most successful captain in longest format.
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