The mega edition of the IPL 2019 is just around the corner. The IPL governing council is yet to announce the schedule of the tournament but, the IPL 2019 will tentatively begin on March 23 and the fans just can’t wait for the mega event to kick-start. It's a known fact that the IPL is just like a festival in India.  The fans ahead of the tournament showed their love for AB de Villiers by celebrating his birthday in Bengaluru on Sunday. They bathed the poster of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli with milk. RCB Team in IPL 2019: List of Royal Challengers Bangalore Players for Indian Premier League 12 After Auction.

The duo has been playing together in the IPL since 2011. Naturally, the players enjoy a huge fan following. So, on AB‘s 35th birthday the fans displayed immense love on the player. The fans obviously captured the moment on their phones and shared it on social media.

Watch the video here:

Talking about the RCB team, Virat Kohli and men are yet to clinch the title. In the IPL 2019 auctions, the team bought players like Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Heinrich Klassen, Gurkeerat Singh, Himmat Singh, Prayas Ray Barman. Check out the full squad below:

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Heinrich Klassen, Gurkeerat Singh, Himmat Singh, Prayas Ray Barman

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