Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]June 30 (ANI): As Team India created history by winning the T20 World Cup 2024, several celebs including Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, Anupam Kher, Kajol, Alia Bhatt and others took to social media to encourage the Indian team for their remarkable achievement.
Alia Bhatt expressed her happiness and wrote, “Hum Govt Gaye….tears of joy tears of everything!!!! Congratulations Team India!!!!!!! What a win!!!!!”
Kajol wrote, ‘I am still screaming and can’t take the smile off my face… so happy and so proud! So many heroes performed in this match… it was truly a team effort! #worldchampions #TeamIndia #T20WorldCup2024 #MenInBlue’.
Kareena Kapoor Khan celebrated the win by sharing a picture of the Indian cricket team with the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy and wrote, “We brought it home”
Rohit Shetty called the Indian team “champions” in his post
Kartik Aaryan wrote, ‘Team India, who refused to surrender.. Today we have not won the World Cup, but won hearts forever, Team India.. Historic victory…,’
Actor Sunny Deol said, “Congratulations to my Team India, you have won hearts, cups and happiness today.”
Renowned screenwriter and poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar wrote on X, “Calm, cool, focused, united and determined to win. Our whole nation has a lot to learn from these boys!!! Congratulations and thank you, Indian Cricket Team.”
Megastar Chiranjeevi couldn’t hold back his joy. He commented on the post, “India on top of the world!!! What a great way to win the ICC T20 World Cup after 17 years!!! Well done Virat Kohli!”
Chiranjeevi said, “Congratulations to Bumrah, Hardik, Axar, Arshdeep and the winning captain Rohit Sharma and the entire team for the great performance!!! And the amazing catch by Surya Kumar Yadav is really amazing!!”
Mammootty wrote on X, “What a night, what a comeback!! India – World champions again. Congratulations to the entire team!”
Mohanlal also congratulated Team India in his post, saying, “And with that India’s 11-year wait for an ICC trophy is over! Team India came away from Barbados with a stunning win, thanks to incredible teamwork, a crucial partnership between Virat Kohli and Axar Patel and a brilliant spell from Jasprit Bumrah that led to a thrilling game that kept us on the edge of our seats till the last ball! Couldn’t be more proud of this team!”
Raveena Tandon shared a picture of herself celebrating while holding the tricolour. She wrote, “Well done #TeamIndia. Many congratulations! You have no idea how happy you have made your country! What a victory!!!!! Bharat Mata ki Jai!!!!!!”
Ananya Panday wrote, “Congratulations Team India, our true champions”
Boney Kapoor wrote, “An incredible match with countless ups and downs but we have faith in our #TeamIndia to win the #T20WorldCup2024 and bring the cup back once again! Congratulations Team India for a brilliant innings and a great finish. Champions. #TeamIndia did it!..ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Champions..#T20WorldCup | #SAvIND”
Congratulating Team India, Ajay Devgan wrote, “Words cannot express the happiness! Congratulations Team India, you have created history! ..This victory is etched in our hearts..#T20WorldCup #INDvSA2024”
Ayushmann Khurrana wrote, “What a match! What a team! This Indian team has brought joy to billions of Indians. We are the world champions! The cricket superpower! Our generation is the luckiest one to have seen India become World Cup winners three times since 2007. Two in T20s and one in ODIs. Learning and taking cues from the previous ODI World Cup finals, we are here as the real winners! Jai Hind!”
Jacky Bhagnani said, “Team India has won after 17 years! What a thrilling T20 World Cup! The trophy is back home, and we couldn’t be more proud. Hats off to our champions for their stellar performance. The whole nation celebrates this unforgettable win with you. Thank you Team India for putting up a stellar performance and bringing home the glory! #T20WorldCup #INDvsSA”
Rakul Preet also commented on the big win, saying, “Perfect weekend!! More than a perfect win!! What a game… Indiaaaa Indiaaaa!! Well done team!! Champions #t20worldcup”
Anil Kapoor is also very happy with the victory and wrote in his post, “Every Indian is feeling this right now!!!! This is how it happens!!!! True champions!!!”
Randeep Hooda wrote, “Catch that wins the match!! @surya_14kumaryou beauty congratulations Team India! You always had 140 crores..a, now we have it too..the World Cup is ours!! #WCFinal #WCT20”
“#HardikPandya!! From the land of batsmen comes a bowling squad that wins!! Bumrah is the God of swing and so is Arshdeep and Axar (batsmen too).. Kohli bats and Rohit takes revenge.. the heart goes out to #SA too, too close and too often far.. thank you Rahul Dravid… #IndVsSA,” he said.
Kiara Advani wrote, “WOW!!!!!! Congratulations Team India..what a great finale and tournament brilliant leadership from @rohitsharma45, brilliant performances from all the players and @jaspritb1 you are the real deal.. @virat.kohli the speech you gave today..it was so heartwarming to see @rahuldravidofficial win as coach!! Team Indiaaaaaa brought it home
Vivek Anand Oberoi congratulated Team India in his post, “I am an absolute emotional torture right now! While I am going crazy celebrating #TeamIndia’s win, the legend @imVkohli has just announced that this was his last #T20 game for Team India….feels like a win and a loss at the same time! Our superheroes in T20 will be missed #T20WorldCup2024 #Cricket”
Varun Dhawan expressed his happiness on his Instagram handle and wrote, “What a team, what a performance @rohitsharma45 leading from the front in every game @viratkohli playing his last T20 for India making every Indian so happy. Rahul Dravid was always one of my favourite players and now to see him win the World Cup as a coach is amazing. Bharat Mata Ki Jai.”
Veteran actor Anupam Kher shared a video expressing his excitement for the win, in which he shouted “India” and captioned it, “Jai Hind!!!!! #t20worldcup”
Vicky Kaushal also said, “Team India you are beautiful!!!”
Abhishek Bachchan wrote, “Indiaaaaaa!!!! Come on!!!! Champions.”
Manoj Bajpayee in his congratulatory post on Instagram handle wrote, “What a tremendous win!..So proud of it..Proud of our boys for this phenomenal win #T20WorldCup #INDvSA.”
Talking about the match, India won the toss and decided to bat first. After being reduced to 34/3, a 72-run reply partnership between Virat (76) and Axar Patel (47 off 31 balls, one four and four sixes) reinvigorated India’s position in the game. A 57-run partnership between Virat and Shivam Dubey (27 off 16 balls, three fours and one six) took India to 176/7 in 20 overs.
Keshav Maharaj (2/23) and Anrich Nortje (2/26) were the top bowlers for South Africa. Marco Jansen and Aiden Markram took one wicket each.
Chasing a target of 177, the Proteas were reduced to 12/2 before a 58-run partnership between Quinton de Kock (39 off 31 balls, four fours and a six) and Tristan Stubbs (31 off 21 balls, three fours and a six) brought South Africa back into the game. A half-century from Heinrich Klaasen (52 off 27 balls, two fours and five sixes) threatened to take the game away from India.
However, Arshdeep Singh (2/20), Jasprit Bumrah (2/18) and Hardik (3/20) made a brilliant comeback in the death overs to restrict South Africa to 169/8 in 20 overs.
Virat won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his performance. Now, by securing their first ICC title since the Champions Trophy in 2013, India have ended their ICC trophy drought.
