Ian Bell surprises son with birthday messages from Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Ben Stokes


Ian Bell surprises son with birthday messages from Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Ben Stokes

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Former English cricketer Ian Bell has taken to Twitter to reveal birthday wishes for his son from among cricket’s biggest stars. The former batsman’s 8-year-old son Joseph turned 8 on Thursday and Bell made his day memorable by getting Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Ben Stokes to send in their wishes.

Bell shared a video of his son reacting to these wishes. Joseph was over the moon with happiness and surprise on seeing the three superstars wish him.

Joseph adorably reacts to birthday wishes

A 43-second clip from Ian Bell’s Twitter handle showed Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Ben Stokes wishing Joseph and the latter’s adorable reaction. “When cricket is life. What a very lucky lucky boy Joseph is! Huge thanks to these absolute legends for making one incredibly happy little boy on his lockdown birthday @imVkohli @ABdeVilliers17 @benstokes38,” Ian Bell captioned his tweet.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli wished him first saying, “Joseph, I wish you a very happy birthday. I hope you had a wonderful day. God bless you. Take care of yourself. Cheers.”

Kohli was followed by AB de Villiers who recalled the times when he used to play against Joseph’s father. The South African also expressed that he wishes to meet Joseph. Ben Stokes’ was the last wish and Joseph was excited than ever seeing the ace English all-rounder wishing him.

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