That Amitabh Bachchan absolutely loves to see India-Pakistan cricket match is well known. In 2015, he had gone all the way to Australia to commentate during the World Cup match between the two arch-rivals. And when he does not attend the games, he loves to watch it on his television set and tweet about it later.
T 2445 – And CONGRATULATIONS INDIA .. !! beat Pak in CL cricket by huge margin .. great to see all performing good !! pic.twitter.com/ae3wwnY3GO
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) June 4, 2017
Recently, he congratulated the Indian team after it thrashed Pakistan in the final of the Blind World Cup and once again took to Twitter to laud the Indian team after it defeated the neighbours in another major event, this time in Under-19 World Cup.
Prithvi Shaw and Co dismantled Pakistan by a huge margin of 203 runs – to storm into the grand finale of the event and the Bollywood superstar could not stop himself from taking a dig at Pakistan.
“BAAADDDUUUMMMBAAAAAA ! INDIA #U19CWC in FINALS !! beats Pak by 203 runs !! #INDVPAK INCREDIBLE !! CONGRATULATIONS INDIA ! इसे जीतना नहीं ‘पछाड़ना’ कहते हैं ! वाह !! अद्भुत !!,” Mr Bachchan tweeted.
T 2598 – BAAADDDUUUMMMBAAAAAA ! INDIA #U19CWC in FINALS !! beats Pak by 203 runs !! #INDVPAK INCREDIBLE !! CONGRATULATIONS INDIA !
इसे जीतना नहीं 'पछाड़ना' कहते हैं ! वाह !! अद्भुत !! pic.twitter.com/XJXyTU9iU2
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) January 30, 2018
Coming to the match, India batted first and posted a competitive 272 for nine in the allotted 50 overs with Shubman Gill being the standout performer for his unbeaten 102-run knock.
Openers Prithvi Shaw and Manjot Kalra gave India a solid start by adding 89 runs for the first wicket before the skipper was run out for 41. Five runs later, Muhammad Musa ended Kalra’s knock for 47 to bring back Pakistan in the game.
Gill and Harvik Desai then steadied the ship with a 54-run stand before Pakistan clawed its way back in the game by dismissing Desai (20), Riyan Parag (2), Abhishek Sharma (5) in quick succession to reduce India to 165 for five from 148 for two.
India’s middle and lower-order batsmen failed to get going, but Gill held firm from one end and scored his first century of the tournament to steer India to a big total.
In reply, Pakistan’s batsmen fell like a pack of cards, as they were bowled out for a paltry 69. Right from the start to the end, they never looked in contention to get even close to India’s total let alone chasing it down.
Ishan Porel was the pick of the bowler taking four for 17 while Shiva Singh and Rayan Parag picked up two wickets apiece.
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