Amitabh Bachchan congratulates the India Women’s team for series win over Australia a day before the start

The India Women is scheduled to take on the Australian team for challenging series. The two teams will play 3 ODIs starting tomorrow at the Reliance Stadium in Baroda. They are high on confidence having beaten the South Africans in the ODI as well as T20I series on the away tour and will want to capitalize on the same. Ahead of the series, Amitabh Bachchan posted a tweet for the Women in Blue but that wasn’t what one would expect.

The Bollywood legend we all know is a huge fan of the sport and never fails to watch a match that involved the Indian team. But it didn’t go as plan for him this time as he congratulated them for a “historic series win against Australia”. It was an error since he intended to talk about the recently concluded South Africa tour and mixed it up. His fans were quick to correct Sr Bachchan who also realized it and replied back regretting the blunder.

His initial tweet read – “YEEEAAHHH !! CONGRATULATIONS Indian Women’s Cricket Team Historic Series win against Australia in T20 and ODI games .. terrific character, batting and fielding .. that catch by Jemimah on the boundary, OUTSTANDING !! you make us PROUD Indians ..”

T 2740 – YEEEAAHHH !! CONGRATULATIONS Indian Women's Cricket Team Historic Series win against Australia in T20 and ODI games .. terrific character, batting and fielding .. that catch by Jemimah on the boundary, OUTSTANDING !! you make us PROUD Indians ..???????? pic.twitter.com/qubUElSoK6

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 11, 2018

Here are some of the best replies:

Fans humbly attempted to tell Big B that he’d made a mistake. Some saw the funny side and suggested he has predicted the future.

This happened a few weeks back, we defeated South Africa. Australia Series is at home and yet to begun.

— Ankush Arora (@ankusharora) March 11, 2018

Baaaadummmmbaaa….. Sir ko future dikhne laga??????

— Akash Kushwaha (@iamakash75) March 11, 2018

Against south Africa not Australia

— virat kohli (@imstrongkohli) March 11, 2018

Sir this too late & against South Africa Not Australia

— Somnath Gabhane (@GabhaneSomnath) March 11, 2018

Sir…this pic is from SA series recently….AUS series startng from tmrw

— Dr.Pratik Vora EF (@VoraEf) March 11, 2018

sir indian team against south africa jeeti hai, not against Australia. please update, because i dont wanna make headline on this tweet. ha ha ha

— Nikhil Sharma (@nikss26) March 11, 2018

That series win was against S. Africa Sir 2 weeks ago…Oz Series starts from tomorrow ?

— Santhosh Fernandes (@sanjosfer) March 11, 2018

It is very happy that u started telling future…..thank u sir

— Kireeti# (@BVDGkireeti) March 11, 2018

This photo is of the series victory against SA not Aus

— Nikhil Ram (@Nikhil_Rams) March 11, 2018

Sir Australia tour abhi start bhi nhi hua h
Indian women team ne south africa ke against series jeeti thi

— Rishabh Paliwal (@Rishabh31Rock) March 11, 2018

@SrBachchan the win was for @BCCI women's team against @OfficialCSA that too a week or more back. @CAComms tour yet to happen.

— Carnic Karthikeyan T (@carnicobar) March 11, 2018

I never thought I would feel sad reading these words. This tweet reflects the lack of awareness around women’s cricket. India won the series against South Africa earlier this year. The series against Australia begins tomorrow. Sir, I hope your words come true.

— Mrinal (@ma25tweets) March 11, 2018

As it is, I am sure you were taking about IND vs SA in SA !! Aussies are here in India and IND need all our prayers ??

— PRAVEEN WARRIER (@praveenwarrier) March 11, 2018

Corrects himself

Amitabh did realize the error and attempted to make up for it with an apology – “Apologies .. that should read South Africa NOT Australia ..”

Apologies .. that should read South Africa NOT Australia .. ??? https://t.co/2f3Ty294Aa

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 11, 2018

The Women in Blue led by Mithali Raj have a busy summer as they will host Australia and England for a T20 tri-series after this series. Following the triangular contest, they will face England in a three-match ODI series also at home. It is a great opportunity for Team India to beat the two big teams and win more prominence as well as fans since they’re playing at home.

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