MS Dhoni's birthday is 'National Helicopter Day': Twitterati pour in wishes for Indian captain

New Delhi: India’s limited overs cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrated his 35th birthday on Thursday, with many of his teammates and other prominent faces wishing him on social networking site, Twitter.

From Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Anurag Thakur to his former teammates Virender Sehwag and V.V.S. Laxman to Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan to Shushant Singh Rajput, who is essaying Dhoni’s character in his biopic, Twitter was flooded with wishes for one of India’s best-known and greatest cricketers.

#HappyBirthday @msdhoni wish you a great day & 'tons' of success ! :-)

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) July 7, 2016

Sehwag wished the Ranchi stumper in his trademark witty style and called for declaring 7 July as ‘National Helicopter Day’.

Happy Birthday @msdhoni .
May you keep doing Anhoni ko Honi.#NationalHelicopterDay pic.twitter.com/PGHp9M6gNT

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 7, 2016

The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) official handle read:

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest captains of all time, as well as an exceptional batsman and WK, @msdhoni! pic.twitter.com/rJj4i8Brds

— ICC (@ICC) July 7, 2016

BCCI also wished MS Dhoni through their official Twitter handle:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAPTAIN @msdhoni here's wishing you loads of success and happiness #HappyBirthdayCaptainCool pic.twitter.com/oAn34NOXTM

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 7, 2016

Senior Bachchan wrote,

T 2309 - Happy birthday MS .. pic.twitter.com/Ccn2mujfQs

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 6, 2016

Rajput tweeted,

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar also took to Twitter to wish MS Dhoni a great year ahead

Happy Birthday @msdhoni .. Have a wonderful and blessed year ahead!! pic.twitter.com/DfiwtYqB9l

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 7, 2016

Indian cricket team’s new coach Anil Kumble also shared his good wishes for Dhoni on Twitter

Many happy returns of the day @msdhoni! Wishing you the best of everything.

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) July 7, 2016

Suresh Raina, Dhoni’s team-mate for several years in the IPL side Chennai Super Kings, tweeted a video of MS Dhoni playing a flute while wishing him on his birthday

Happy Birthday @msdhoni! The more the candles the more the light that will shine in your life wish you all the best pic.twitter.com/uECxolq7ZX

— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) July 7, 2016

Former Indian test batsman, VVS Laxman also joined several other Indian cricketers to wish Dhoni

Happy Birthday @msdhoni 🎂 🎉🎁

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 7, 2016

Ajinkya Rahane who will be the vice-captain for the upcoming West Indies tour also wished the wicket-keeper batsman

Wish you a very happy birthday mahi bhai @msdhoni God bless you.

— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88) July 7, 2016

Other famous personalities from various walks of life poured in their wishes for the Indian one-day team captain

Wishing@msdhoni wishing u the very best birthday,,may God bless u.. pic.twitter.com/DNzNPkei2f

— Sreesanth (@sreesanth36) July 7, 2016

On his birthday Presenting the new poster of #NeerajPandey's #MSDhoniTheUntoldStory. Happy Birthday @msdhoni pic.twitter.com/9KkYKlOFXW

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) July 7, 2016

A note on @msdhoni here https://t.co/8BXbgT0RSw

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 7, 2016

35 birthday bumps for @msdhoni, unarguably among the greats of the game

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 7, 2016

Happy Birthday to @msdhoni, one of the finest cricket captains. Wish him the best for a very successful future.

— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) July 7, 2016

#SuperMachans, join us in wishing our inspirational leader, @msdhoni, a memorable birthday #HappyBirthdayDhoni (1/2) pic.twitter.com/bjuYonk9RQ

— Chennaiyin F.C. (@ChennaiyinFC) July 7, 2016

The #HeroISL family wishes @ChennaiyinFC's co-owner, @msdhoni, the best on his birthday today! #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/6sWPdo9Fin

— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) July 7, 2016