Team India wins the T20 World Cup (Photo: X/@BCCI)
Many celebrities sent their congratulations to the Indian team as India defeated South Africa to win the ICC T20 World Cup for the second time.
Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday congratulated 'Team India' for winning the title.
Calling the team “World Champions”, Amitabh Bachchan wrote in a social media post for X, “T 5057 – Tears flow… With the tears shed by Team India… India is World Champions. Long Live Mother India. Jai Hind, Jai Hind, Jai Hind.”
Superstar Salman Khan shared a picture of the Indian team with the word 'Champions' written on it and congratulated the cricket team for winning the ICC T20 World Cup Trophy.
Expressing her utmost joy and happiness, actress and owner of IPL cricket team Punjab Kings, Preity Zienta wrote on X, “Yay!!!!! Oh India! We won! #T20IWorldCup #2024 Ching! Ching! Ching!!!!”
Actor Siddharth Malhotra also expressed his happiness and praised skipper Rohit Sharma's leadership and the performances of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah in the match.
He shared the post on social media X and wrote, “Amazing performance from #TeamIndia! @ImRo45's leadership, @imVkohli's aggression and @Jaspritbumrah93's magic made this a great win! A historic team, an unforgettable win! Celebrating with family in Delhi makes it even more special! #T20WorldCup #INDvsSAFinal.”
Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu expressed his happiness over the win and praised Suryakumar Yadav's magnificent catch, saying it will go down in history.
In a social media post for X, he wrote, “It's ours!! Our Heroes in Blue are the new 'World Champions'! Hats off to everyone #TeamIndia for your tireless efforts on the field today! @surya_14kumar, your catch will go down in history… How incredible. So proud of this historic win. Jai Hind! #T20WorldCup #T20WC2024.”
Jr NTR also congratulated the Indian team and wrote to X, “Amazing match… Soaring high with pride. Congratulations Indian team!”
Sharing her joy with X, Neha Dhupia wrote, “World Champions…Congratulations #TeamIndia and thank you for the excitement & emotions…What a team, what a game, what a feeling!!!! #T20WC2024.”
In the 177-run run chase, South Africa started poorly as Bumrah swept away Reeza Hendricks and Arshdeep had captain Aiden Markram caught, but Tristan Stubbs and Quinton de Kock fought back for India, along with Heinrich Klaassen.
Klaassen smashed a massive six off a Kuldeep Yadav delivery through extra cover to help the Proteas reach the 100-run milestone in 11.3 overs.
Miller eased off the pressure but then Pandya came on and helped India score 52 runs off 27 balls with the crucial wicket of Klaassen, but Pandya's over gave India a brief respite without a boundary and they had to defend 22 runs with three overs remaining.
Jansen was shut out by Bumrah, leaving the Proteas needing 16 off the last six balls. Hardik bowled the final over and took the big wicket of Miller before Suryakumar Yadav took a brilliant catch on the boundary line. With Rabada finally out, South Africa were on 169/8 and India had won a tight match by seven runs.
