Kohli leads B-day greetings for India batting great Dravid

Kolkata, Jan 11 : Captain Virat Kohli led Indian cricket s birthday greetings for one of India s all-time greatest batsman Rahul Dravid, who turned 44 on Wednesday."Happy Birthday Rahul Bhai. Thank you for your encouragement and for being a great role model for all the budding cricketers out there," tweeted Kohli, who was recently appointed the One-day International (ODI) and T20 International skipper after Mahendra Singh Dhoni stepped down. "Happy birthday to the Wall of Indian Cricket , #RahulDravid!," tweeted former teammate and batting icon Sachin Tendulkar. Along with V.V.S. Laxman and Sourav Ganguly, the four formed the famed Fab 4 during their playing days."He played in the V. But was the biggest C. Commitment, Class, Consistency, Care. Proud to have played together. Happy Birthday #RahulDravid," read Virender Sehwag s ever-cheeky message.Former India opener Aakash Chopra stressed on Dravid being a team man."Happy Birthday to Rahul The Team Man Dravid. Always put Team before self They don t make it like him anymore... #selfless #legend," Chopra tweeted.Sharing a compilation of his pictures with Dravid, Mohammad Kaif posted: "Happy Birthday #RahulDravid. One of the most selfless, likeable human being ever and the biggest reason to love the name Rahul ."Dravid is the fourth highest run-getter in Test cricket with 13,288 runs from 164 matches, just a run behind South African Jacques Kallis (13,289), Australian Rickey Ponting (13,378) and Tendulkar (15,921).In 344 ODIs, the legendary right-hander and current junior India team coach amassed 10,889 runs while scoring 31 runs in his only T20 International game.