Twitter flooded with wishes as India coach Ravi Shastri turns 58

Shastri, who is currently is helping the Virat Kohli-led Indian side achieve new milestones in international cricket, was had also done incredibly well for India as a player with both bat and ball.

Hyderabad: Indian cricket team's head coach Ravi Shastri turned 58 on Wednesday and wishes poured in aplenty on social media.

Ravi Shastri

India captain Virat Kohli took to Twitter and wrote, "Many seem confident but only few are brave. Happy birthday Ravi bhai. God bless Thumbs up."

Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore wrote on social media, "Here's wishing Team India legend and Head Coach, Ravi Shastri, a very Happy Birthday! Have a great one coach!."

Shastri, who is currently helping the Virat Kohli-led Indian side achieve new milestones in international cricket, had also done incredibly well for India as an all-rounder.

Shastri played 80 Test matches for India and scored 3830 runs with the help of 11 hundreds and 12 fifties. He also scalped 151 wickets for India in the longest format of the game.

The dashing right-handed batsman represented India in 150 One Day International matches. Shastri amassed 3108 runs in One-Dayers and bagged 129 wickets in his decade-long career.