The cricket fraternity on Thursday came in unison to extend warm greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 70th birthday.

From legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to Indian skipper Virat Kohli, all took to social media to wish the Prime Minister on his special occasion.

Taking to his official Twitter handle, the master blaster posted a picture of him with PM Modi and wished for the latter’s good health and long life.

“Happy Birthday to the Honorable Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.I pray to god for your good health and long life,” Tendulkar wrote in Hindi.

जन्मदिन की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी।

मेरी ईश्वर से यही प्रार्थना है कि वो आपको हमेशा सुरक्षित रखें और लंबी उम्र दें। pic.twitter.com/VsYJvxKdwT

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 17, 2020

Kohli, on the other hand, extended warm birthday greetings to PM Modi by tweeting, “Wishing a very Happy birthday to our honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji.
@narendramodi @PMOIndia.”

Wishing a very Happy birthday to our honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji.@narendramodi @PMOIndia 

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 17, 2020

Meanwhile, Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh posted a picture of the Prime Minister from one of his speeches and lauded his untiring efforts, stellar leadership and vision towards making India a stronger and self-reliant country.

“My heartfelt wishes to our Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji on his birthday. Your untiring efforts, stellar leadership & vision towards a stronger, self-reliant India is truly inspiring. Wishing you the best of health always @narendramodi @PMOIndia,” he wrote.

My heartfelt wishes to our Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji on his birthday. Your untiring efforts, stellar leadership & vision towards a stronger, self-reliant India is truly inspiring. Wishing you the best of health always @narendramodi @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/951LTpVqtW

— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) September 17, 2020

Let us take a look at how other cricketers wished PM Modi on his birthday:

The man who showed 1.3 billion Indians that it doesn’t matter where you come from as long as you have the will to do something & touch people’s lives!

Birthday greetings to the one who triumphed against all odds, Honourable Prime Minister @narendramodi ji! pic.twitter.com/Rz3KQ75OeZ

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) September 17, 2020

Wishing our Honourable Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji a very happy birthday!

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) September 17, 2020

Birthday wishes to our honourable Prime Minister sir @narendramodi
Wishing you a long, healthy life and many more milestones ahead in the service of our nation! @PMOIndia #HappyBdayNaMo pic.twitter.com/cvK82e4ibp

— Suresh Raina(@ImRaina) September 17, 2020

In order to celebrate the birthday of PM Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has an entire week of celebrations planned. Ever since PM Modi’s reign in 2014, the BJP has been celebrating PM Modi’s birthday week as ‘seva saptah’. This year, the ‘seva saptah’ begins from September 14 and will continue till September 20. 

The BJP will organise tree plantation and blood donation camps in 70 places at every district across the country.