World Cup 2015: Bollywood Cheers Team India on Against South Africa
While Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane blitzed the South African bowlers away, entire Bollywood cheered on the Men in Blue.
Cricket unites Indians like no other thing and Bollywood celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and Abhishek Bachchan took to micro-blogging site Twitter Sunday to cheer for the nation during the India vs South Africa World Cup Pool B match in Melbourne.
While stars like Aamir Khan, Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt lauded the performance of cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane during the match.
Here's what they tweeted: (Amitabh Bachchan Takes to Twitter for India's World Cup Match vs South Africa)
Aamir Khan: Shikhar-Kohli on fire!!! Hard luck Virat
Priyanka Chopra: Meanwhile!! I sleep saying Jeetega bhai Jeetega!! India Jeetega!! Indiaaaaaaa!!
Farhan Akhtar: Jeetega bhai jeetega... Hindustan jeetega... Come on India..!!! #CWC15
Abhishek Bachchan: COME ON INDIAAAAA!!!! #INDvsSA
Ayushmann Khurrana: Shikhar Dhawan clearly enjoying the sasuraal advantage. #KheloDumLagaKe #CWC15 #IndvsSA
Sidharth Malhotra: Glad to see @SDhawan25 in form today (Sunday), need a big partnership !Come on @imVkohli #INDvSA (Shikhar Dhawan Blitz Lifts India to 307/7 vs South Africa)
Sonakshi Sinha: 300 ke neeche toh baat hi nahi karenge!!! Come on india, dikha do!!! #INDvSA #WorldCup2015
Sushant Singh Rajput: I remember as a kid the only day when I really did'nt wanna work was when we had a cricket match.... Somethings never change!! #IndiavsSA
Alia Bhatt: Just killingggggg it !!!! #IndvSA @SDhawan25 #WorldCup2015 wohooooooooo
Gaurav Kapur: Kohli and Dhawan didn't just steal that single. They also stole our hearts. Mazaa aa gaya.
Jackky Bhagnani: Gmorning! Let's go #TeamIndia #IndVsSA #CWC15
Tanishaa Mukerji: It seems impossible that any other sport could excite us Indians as much as #Cricket ... so fun #IndvsSA #CricketWorldCup
Prosenjit Chatterjee: Sunday gift from Dhawan..Cheers what a Century..let's all Cheer our Indian team..happy Sunday to all...
Saqib Saleem: Gem of a knock till now rahane. Well played!! But play on ... u can score a hundred!! Whoaaa!! This will be a big ton!! Shikhar shud bat through! *fingers crossed*
Salim Merchant: Come on India! We need 350 runs as a total. Chak de!