Celebrities wish India after their thumping victory against Pakistan in Dubai

Prior to the commencement of the 2018 Asia Cup, India, being the defending champions, were deemed to be amongst the firm favourites to win the championship. They don’t have Virat Kohli, their all-format skipper, with them and yet have been able to comprehensively win their first two matches of the multi-nation tournament without any fuss whatsoever.

After surviving a massive scare against Hong Kong, India came out all guns blazing against arch-rivals Pakistan and brushed them aside by eight wickets. Rohit Sharma lost the toss, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise for them as fast-bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar nipped out Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq in quick succession to push them on the backfoot.

Jasprit Bumrah also dished out peanuts for the batsmen to work with. Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik cobbled together 82 runs for the third wicket and brought their team back into the match. However, Kuldeep Yadav nipped out Babar and thereafter Pakistan kept losing wickets at an alarming rate. Sarfraz Ahmed couldn’t perform to expectations as well.

Celebrities pour accolades on Rohit and Co

In the end, it required a 37-run partnership between Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Amir to lift the Men in Green up to 162 runs. During the run-chase, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan were cautious to start with, but stepped on the gas as the innings progressed, especially Rohit, who scored a 39-ball 52 to take the sting out of the Pakistani pace attack.

Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik blended caution with aggression and made sure India don’t suffer any hiccup while chasing the modest target. Following the Men in Blue’s jaw-dropping victory, celebrities from every nook and corner of the country wished them for the resounding show yesterday at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Here is how they wished the Men in Blue

That moment when you realize that the 7 Pakistanis in Hong Kong team plays better than the actual Pakistan team. #INDvPAK #AsiaCup2018 #Asiacup pic.twitter.com/LXe5auRC3j

— Poonam Pandey (@iPoonampandey) September 19, 2018

And that's an incredible victory for India! #TeamIndia makes us proud once again! #BleedBlue 🎉🙌🏻🇮🇳#INDvPAK #AsiaCup2018 pic.twitter.com/WPETTkzLUA

— Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) September 19, 2018

Congratulations Team #India on the win!! Great match! Well played! #AsiaCup2018 #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/VUqvUFdydK

— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) September 19, 2018

By far the most boring #INDvPAK match ….. ever!! 😒😒😒😒

anyways well played #MenInBlue 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👑👑👑💐😎😎😎👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Expecting fireworks in the rest of the series .. Let's wait and watch #AsiaCup18

— Vignesh ShivN (@VigneshShivN) September 19, 2018

Big cheer for India,
Cricket fans would have loved more of a contest. Pakistan never got into it, or rather, India never allowed them to.
Well done India!!!#PAKvIND #AsiaCup2018

— Boman Irani (@bomanirani) September 19, 2018

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