After England Win, Jubilant Andrew Flintoff Baits Amitabh Bachchan in Round 2

On Wednesday, as England beat fancied New Zealand by seven wickets to book a place in Sunday's World T20 final, former England player Andrew Flintoff taunted Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Twitter. (Amitabh Bachchan Takes on Flintoff on Kohli Versus Root Comparison)

Even in celebration, that was a brave act. The two have a history on the social media platform and Flintoff came off worse for wear from their last joust.

He tweeted yesterday,

Shall we go to the final ? Reckon my mate @SrBachchan can get us a couple of tickets ?? https://t.co/eEJTKGu5FU

- andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 30, 2016

Minutes before he had tweeted,

Yesssssssssss @englandcricket !

- andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 30, 2016

and immediately after, taking sides for today's match,

Have I missed something ? Haven't India a semi final to play ? No pressure ?? @henrygayle is going to get you ?? https://t.co/Hs5aCk1uqi

- andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 30, 2016

That was a reference to the West Indian powerhouse opener Chris Gayle. Today's semi-final in Mumbai between India and the West Indies is being widely pegged as a Gayle vs Virat Kohli encounter.

Fifteen hours later, Big B had still not risen to Flintoff's bait. He didn't have to - his massive army of fans took on the former player.

@flintoff11 @SrBachchan kaam ke waqt baap hi yaad aata hi beta :P

- Gaurav Jha (@jhagaurav001) March 30, 2016

@flintoff11 @SrBachchan @clydeholcroft Few Days Ago You Didn't Know Him, And now You're Asking For Tickets ??????

- Jason Dsouza (@jdnats) March 31, 2016

Earlier this week, after Virat Kohli sent Australia packing home to power India into the semi-finals, Flintoff had tweeted,

At this rate @imVkohli will be as good as @root66 one day ! Not sure who @englandcricket will meet in the final now !

- andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016

He was talking about England's Joe Root.

Ardent fan Amitabh Bachchcan had trolled Flintoff saying:

@flintoff11 @imVkohli @root66 @englandcricket Root who ? ??? ?? ????? ????? Root ko ..!!!

- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 27, 2016

Flintoff's reply had called upon him the wrath of an army of Bachchan fans

Sorry who's this ? ?? https://t.co/sjhs7HGT1d

- andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016

Beta @flintoff11,

"Rishtey Me To Wo Tumhare Baap Lagtey Hain, Naam Hai Shahenshaah". ;) @SrBachchan #IndvsAus pic.twitter.com/r4dKZjV2YX

- Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) March 27, 2016

.@flintoff11 @SrBachchan @imVkohli @root66 @englandcricket
Visit Madame Tussauds, London. You'll know who's he.

- Virat Kohli (@Bees_Kut) March 27, 2016

Flintoff's final words that night were -

Getting a taste of what it is like to be @piersmorgan ,some abuse flying about ,some people just don't understand the term "tongue in cheek"

- andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016

Thanks for all the advice , goodnight !! ??

- andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016