Watch- Eden Park Celebrates Virat Kohli’s Birthday During India vs New Zealand 1st ODI

Soumyajit Dutta

Fan celebrating Virat Kohli's birthday [Source: X]

Virat Kohli, the Indian cricket great, is all set to turn 38 years old on November 5. Currently, he is playing in the first India vs New Zealand ODI at Eden Park, Auckland, and the stadium, packed with Indian fans, was seen celebrating his birthday in advance.

On November 4, during the India vs NZ 1st ODI, fans were seen excitedly celebrating Kohli and wishing him in a packed house.

Eden Park crowd wishes Virat Kohli a happy birthday

The celebration video of Virat Kohli's birthday, featuring numerous fans holding his postcards and birthday wishes written on cardboard, was captured by the cameras.

The video was posted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's official social media handle on X, where several fans expressed their admiration for how fit and athletic he remains, even though he has almost reached the latter half of his cricketing career.

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In the video, several fans also candidly appreciated the shots played by Kohli, with some even expressing surprise at the fact that the stadium was packed because of Virat Kohli, which is not usually the case.

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Eden Park energy ⚡️ 🎤 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗰: #TeamIndia fans bringing the vibes 💙 #NZvIND

Nov 4, 2026, 1:16 PM

Kohli, who has been a solid pillar of Indian cricket, is currently batting in the first India vs New Zealand ODI. Before the rain delay, he was batting on 29 runs off 27 deliveries alongside Shubman Gill while chasing New Zealand's paltry target of 186 runs. After the rain delay, the target was revised to 167 runs in 40 overs.

Kohli surpasses 13,000 runs in ODIs at No. 3

Virat Kohli's 29-run contribution before the rain delay had already pushed him to second place on the list of batters with 13,000-plus runs at a single batting position in ODI cricket.

Kohli has scored 13,017 runs at number three, while Sachin Tendulkar has scored 13,685 runs while batting at number two in ODIs. Notably, Virat Kohli has been in prime form with the bat.

In the West Indies ODIs, he scored a century and averaged 84 across the three matches he played, while in the England series, he averaged 48.00, scoring 144 runs at a strike rate of 109.