Edited by: Amrit Santrani
Last update: Jan 12, 2023, 14:26 IST
Indian players celebrate Rahul Dravid’s birthday (BCCI Twitter videograb)
BCCI has shared a video of Indian players celebrating Rahul Dravid’s birthday ahead of India-Sri Lanka’s second ODI in Kolkata.
Team India head coach Rahul Dravid celebrated his 50th birthday on Wednesday 11 January on the eve of India’s second ODI against Sri Lanka.
Both teams arrived in Kolkata after a short flight from Guwahati, and BCCI’s official Twitter handle shared a video of the Indian player celebrating Dravid’s birthday.
As all the Indian players applauded while Dravid was cutting the cake, Ishan Kishan accidentally pushed a nearby suitcase that nearly collided with the table where the cake was kept, almost knocking the party off. I ruined it.
In a video shared by BCCI, the entire Indian delegation arrived at the team hotel to celebrate the head coach’s birthday.
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Dravid’s iconic partnership with VVX Laxman was on City of Joy, where he helped the Indian team defeat Australia on home soil in 2001.
The ‘Wall of India’ will undoubtedly have memories of Kolkata, but his birthday celebrations were nearly ruined by Kishan.
The Indian youth accidentally bumped into a suitcase stored nearby, which started to shift toward the table where the cake was kept, but KL Rahul’s vigilance saved the day.
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Team India’s vice-captain stopped the suitcase before it hit the table.
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Meanwhile, Dravid and his men hope to close out the ODI series at the iconic Eden Gardens, scoring a promising 67-run victory over Sri Lanka.
Rohit Sharma’s team took a 1-0 lead in the series as their skipper shined with the bat, while Virat Kohli scored his 45th career ODI century for Guwahati and won the Player of the Match award.
Shubman Gill also scored 70 runs as India finished an impressive 373/7 in 50 overs. By contrast, Dasun Shanaka’s side saw him only score 306/8 in each of his 50 overs.
Skipper scored a century, but the required target of 374 turned out to be too steep a mountain to climb.
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