ICC WT20 2016: Amitabh Bachchan and MS Dhoni express their unhappiness with Indian commentators

Amitabh Bachchan during the India-Pakistan match

India clinched a thrilling one-run victory over Bangladesh yesterday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in the ICC World Twenty20 group stage game. The match was like a roller coaster ride, and in the end the Indian team snatched a win from the jaws of defeat.

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Bangladesh were in a commanding position to win the match until the last three deliveries when India’s young all-rounder Hardik Pandya produced three continuous wickets to keep the hopes of the hosts alive in the tournament.

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There had been high praises from the Indian commentators’ end for the Bangladesh batting line-up on how they kept their focus until the last three balls and were alive in the intense match against the World no. 1 T20 team. But some people felt that India weren't given enough credit by the commentators, and Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter about that issue.

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T 2184 -Now that I can breathe free .. WELL PLAYED INDIA !! Winning from 2 runs and 3 balls and then a hat trick on the last is incredible !

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 23, 2016

He added:

T 2184 - With all due respects, it would be really worthy of an Indian commentator to speak more about our players than others all the time.

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 23, 2016

Harsha Bhogle praised the efforts of Bangladesh batsmen. He tweeted soon after Bachchan’s tweet saying:

I said it on air and I'll say it again. This is the best group of players I have seen from Bangladesh.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 23, 2016

Interestingly, India’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who won the match with the last ball run out, retweeted Bachchan with the following words in his own style:

Nothing to add https://t.co/8rBel3vw4o

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) March 23, 2016

Bachchan responded to a few tweets from his followers:

@SrBachchan political correctness be the problem!! Bangladesh was good... But INDIA was Come on INDIA !!! See I praised both, it's easy :-)

— Gaurav Chawla (@gauravchawla) March 23, 2016

@SrBachchan Valid point.. Agree

— Harneet Singh (@Harneetsin) March 23, 2016

Bollywood’s megastar concluded by congratulating Dhoni again for his strategies during the thrilling win:

T 2184 -MS DHONI you were magnificent tonight vs Bangladesh ..!! It is no joke to stategise the game the way you did, right to the last ball

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 23, 2016

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