Bollywood celebrities like Farhan Akhtar, Sridevi and Shahid Kapoor wrote "Shine on India", "More power to team India" and the like on micro-blogging site Twitter after the country recorded its sixth win at the cricket World Cup.
India beat Zimbabwe by six wickets in Auckland. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina emerged the heroes of the match.
Here's what celebrities wrote on Twitter:
Farhan Akhtar: Our unbeaten run continues...Shine On INDIA! #WorldCup2015
Shahid Kapoor: Regardless of the final outcome this is the strongest the Indian team has looked during any World Cup
Arjun Rampal: India unbeaten playing like true champions. So proud of the boys. Now let's keep cool and stay focussed. #wewontgiveitback
Preity Zinta: Yeahhhh ! What a fantastic
Riteish Deshmukh: Whatta knock @ImRaina - congrats- @msdhoni the best Indian captain ever
Sridevi: More power to Team India on today's win! #INDvsZIM #Raina #AUSvSCO #CaptainCool
Dia Mirza: Great Going #TeamIndia!!! Bring that #WorldCup2015 back home :) #MSD #Raina
Pritish Nandy: So India wins another. At this rate we will bring back the cup. For sure.
Shruti Haasan: Wah wah !!! What a win !!!!
Milap Zaveri: India wins its sixth match in a row in this tournament with that six! Well played Raina and Dhoni! Surely we r the most impressive team!
Rahul Bose: Fantastic, India! 10/10. Not bad, eh? #IndVZim
Satish Kaushik: What a WIN for India...@ImRaina @msdhoni converted impossible into possible..aggressive cricket..cheers!
Sophie Choudry: Dedicated to #Dhoni #Raina & the helicopter shot...Dushman ke chakke udade hum Indiawaale #teamIndia #BleedBlue Yeah baby
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