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AIGF writes to PM Modi, urges Bharat Ratna for Virat Kohli

By Saurabh Sharma November 06, 2018 • 00:30 AM View: 3491

New Delhi, Nov 6 (CRICKETNMORE): On the occasion of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli turning 30 on Monday, the All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna for the cricketer.

Kohli has performed exceptionally in the recent past, scoring over 18500 international runs in all three formats of the game, an average of above 50 runs in Tests and ODIs. The run machine had recently achieved the feat of becoming the fastest batsman to reach 10,000 runs in the 50 over format.

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