The Indian skipper Virat Kohli turned 30 on November 5. Kohli’s birthday was the top trend on Twitter as the now 30-year-old’s fans took to flooded the social media with birthday wishes. But, it was Wikipedia which stole the limelight by reducing Kohli’s age to 9 years and changed his height from 5 feet 9 inches to a ginormous 99 feet 9 inches.
Even his nickname was changed from Cheeku to Viru — which is Virender Sehwag’s nickname. As it turned out, it was just a prank as almost anyone can edit a Wikipedia page. The changes in his profile were reversed shortly but not before a few people took a screenshot of the page.
See what have they done in Wikipedia pic.twitter.com/W6zZguEduf
— Charith Bhandary (@BhandaryCharith) November 4, 2018
It’s an order!
Correct this on Wikipedia pic.twitter.com/WroGdMtkcN
— Charith Bhandary (@BhandaryCharith) November 4, 2018
We guess you were drunk too
@imVkohli https://t.co/RgyIZY31PO
I think wikipedia had drunken…
Any wish you many more happy returns of the day bhsi pic.twitter.com/FIybrhq2Wu— Kamesh V (@KameshV45) November 4, 2018
Just do it!
@Wikipedia make correction of @imVkohli height, happy bday @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/LaVPyAakYK
— ಜಗದೀಶ್ ಪಾಟೀಲ್ (@jaggi1435) November 4, 2018
Currently, Kohli has been rested by Board of Control of Cricket In India (BCCI) for the three-match T20I series against Windies. In his absence, Rohit Sharma is leading the side. Kohli will rejoin the side for their tour of Australia.
Even though Kohli did not react to the major changes on his Wikipedia page, we would love to see his reaction when an interviewer informs him about this incident.
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