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:
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
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!
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