Ben Stokes turns 29 years old as Indian fans bring Virat Kohli’s name to wish him

Ben Stokes

Ben Stokes

England ace allrounder Ben Stokes turned 29 years old today. The way he has performed in recent years for England is simply commendable especially during the crunch phase.

Who will forget the famous Ashes Test Match where he chased the target set by Australia single-handedly by playing useful knock especially the partnership that he had with the tailenders as the entire England team faced a huge batting debacle in that match barring Ben Stokes.

Ben Stokes’ Birthday has added cheeky humour as netizens started wishing him “Happy Birthday Virat Kohli” and only twitter knows exactly why?

Let us dive into the complete story as Indian fans brought Virat Kohli’s name while pouring wish to this world-class Englishmen on his special day.

Apart from the famous Ashes victory at Edgbaston, he played a great knock at a crucial moment for England in 2019 ICC World Cup final being the highlight of his carrier.

The reason for the Englishman’s popularity is none other than Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli who normally uses the cuss word on the field which resembles “Ben Stokes” especially if you catch the lip reading of Indian skipper and this entire subject has become a joke on social media.

This discussion became so viral that even Ben Stokes needs to come on board and clarify this on his Twitter handle where he wrote “I may delete Twitter just so I don’t have to see another tweet reading “He’s saying Ben Stokes”(when he’s not)in reply to a video of Virat saying you know what it was funny the first 100,000 times,” 

https://twitter.com/benstokes38/status/1140307861383372800

He further added in a different post “I feel so proud when India takes a wicket because each time they take a wicket, Virat Kohli takes my name. You can find that out by reading his lips”, he had allegedly said another time.

As cricket fans are recalling his achievement on his birthday. We wish Ben Stokes “Happy Birthday and may he continue to play the same way he has played for England in the upcoming years”.

In the years to come, Ben Stokes’s date of Birth which is 4th June will be remembered as a special day in the future as he will definitely go down in the memory lane of English Cricket as a special allrounder with the way he has turned fortune for English side at crucial junctures.