Mumbai: After India defeated South Africa to win their second ICC T20 World Cup title, several celebrities wished the Indian team.
Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday wished “Team India” all the best for winning the title.
Calling the team “world champions”, Amitabh Bachchan wrote in a social media post on X, “T 5057 – Shedding tears… With the tears shed by Team India… World champions India. Bharat Mata ki Jai. Jai Hind Jai Hind Jai Hind.”
Superstar Salman Khan shared a photo of Team India with the words “Champions” written on it and congratulated the cricket team on winning the ICC T20 World Cup trophy.
Expressing her immense joy and happiness, actress and owner of IPL cricket team Punjab Kings, Preity Zinta wrote on x, “YEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! OH INDIA! WE WON! #T20IWorldCup #2024 Ting! Ting! Ting!!!!”
Actor Sidharth Malhotra also expressed his happiness and praised captain Rohit Sharma’s leadership skills and the innings of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah in the match.
In a social media post on X, he wrote, “What a performance, #TeamIndia! @ImRo45’s leadership, @imVkohli’s hitting prowess and @Jaspritbumrah93’s magical spells made this win epic! Historic team, unforgettable win! Celebrating with my family in Delhi makes it even more special! #T20WorldCup #INDvsSAFinal.”
Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu expressed satisfaction over the win and praised Suryakumar Yadav’s brilliant catch and said it will go down in history.
In a social media post on X, he wrote, “It’s ours!! The Heroes-in-Blue are the new ‘World Champions’! Hats off to #TeamIndia for your tireless efforts on the field today! @surya_14kumar, your catch will go down in history… What a brilliant catch 
So proud of this historic win. Jai Hind! #T20WorldCup #T20WC2024.”
Jr NTR also congratulated Team India and wrote on X, “What a match… soaring with pride. Congratulations Team India!”
Neha Dhupia shared her happiness on the x and wrote, “World champions… Congratulations #TeamIndia and thank you for the thrill and excitement… What a team, what a game and what a feeling!!!! #T20WC2024.”
Chasing a target of 177, South Africa got off to a poor start, with Bumrah dismissing Reeza Hendricks while Arshdeep had skipper Aiden Markram caught. But Tristan Stubbs and Quinton de Kock hit back at India, with Heinrich Klaasen also performing well.
With the help of a six by Klaasen on extra cover off Kuldeep Yadav, the Proteas crossed the 100-run mark in 11.3 overs.
Miller eased the pressure but Pandya came in and took the crucial wicket of Klaasen for India who made 52 off 27 balls. Pandya’s over, however, gave India some relief as they did not hit any boundaries, leaving them with 22 runs to defend from the final three overs.
Johnson was clean bowled by Bumrah and the Proteas needed 16 runs from the final six balls. Hardik came in to bowl the final over and took the big wicket of Miller, for which Suryakumar Yadav took a brilliant catch near the boundary. Eventually, Rabada was also dismissed, leaving South Africa at just 169/8 and India won this thrilling match by 7 runs.
