Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on Tuesday lauded cricketer Virat Kohli for scoring an awe-inspiring 235 runs against England recently in a test match at Wankhede Stadium.
The legendary singer took it to micro-blogging site Twitter to congratulate Kohli on his stupendous performance and dedicated a special gift to the cricketer.
Lata gave a musical tribute to Virat as she dedicated one of her songs to him.
Titled as 'Aakash Ke Us Paar Bhi', the song is a beautiful rendition by Lata with its lyrics penned by Gulzar.
Khas taur se Virat Kohli Kohli ko badhaai deti hun jinhone 235 run banaaye.https://t.co/QtLWeBUFx9
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) December 12, 2016
Mangeshkar also sent her best wishes for the entire Indian cricket team post their victory against England.
Namaskar. Aaj 3rd match bahut aasani se hum jeet gaye.Main hamari puri team ka abhinandan karti hun.
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) December 12, 2016
Virat's double century played a vital role in India's win against England. Interestingly, Kohli became the first Indian Test skipper to register five consecutive series wins in a row.
Ever since, Virat has given a stupendous performance, he has been flooded with congratulatory messages from acorss the world.
Earlier, celebs like superstar Shah Rukh Khan, actor Vivek Dahiya, along with cricketer Yuvraj Singh, Michael Vaughan too had lauded Virat Kohli for his show at the Wankhede Stadium.
Nothing better than to watch @imVkohli bat so sublime on a day off. Now to sit back & watch a test match after so many days.
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) December 11, 2016
Virat Kohli is delivering more 100's than ATM machines :) #INDvENG #Viratkohli #virat #Sundayspecial #cricket #india
— Vivek Dahiya (@vivekdahiya08) December 11, 2016
Thank you everyone for your wishes ! And for the lovely gift 3-0 well done boys .great performances @imVkohli @ashwinravi99 👊ðŸ½@BCCI
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) December 12, 2016
If England had caught @imVkohli on 68 it could have been different..But if India had caught @JetJennings on 0 we could have had 2 days off.
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 12, 2016