The 73-year-old actor, who was present at the Eden Gardens to cheer the Indian team, says the spirit of patriotism has climbed across the entire nation after the match.
"The World Cup T20 tournament, that decorate our days and nights these past few days, has just within that historic cauldron Eden Gardens with a resounding win over arch rivals Pakistan.... The spirit of patriotism has climbed the barometer of an entire nation and suddenly nothing else in the world matter," Bachchan wrote on his blog.
"I was honoured and was privileged to have been given this opportunity... And honoured and privileged to have been given an opportunity to demonstrate my excessive joy on waving our National Flag, to no end...
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