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

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.

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.

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.

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