Jonty Rhodes is commonly regarded as the greatest fielder in the modern era of cricket, if not all time and on Thursday (July 27), thꦏe former South African cricke꧒ter celebrated his 48th birthday.
Wishes came pouring for Rhodes from cricket fraternity, friends and fans on social media. But the best birthday message for the current fielding coach of IPL Team Mumbai Indians, came from Indian dashing all-rounder Yuvraj Singh.
On Rhodes’ birthday, Yuvraj wished the flying Protean from Natal with a tweet that read “Happy birthday Jonty singh @JontyRhodes8 the flying machine I grew up watching and was a honour to take his catch in similar fashion 2002 ct”.
▨Happy birthday Jonty singh the flying machine I grew up watching and was a ho🍃nour to take his catch in similar fashion 2002 ct
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
Jonty “Singh” replied Yuvi in his own style and wrote, “Thank u chhoTaa bhaaii, it was indeed a fine catch @YUVSTRONG12.”
Thank u chhoTa♌a bhaaii, it was indeed a fine catch
— Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8)
This small conversation between the two was liked by the Indౠian fans on Twitter and within a few hours, more than 1000 likes were the🍬re for both the posts.
WATCH Yuvraj Singh’s stunning catch which Jonty Rhodes referred in his post:
