Social media's hung verdict aside, Amitabh Bachchan and his Sunday well-wishers are quite pleased with his cricket commentary at yesterday's monster India vs Pakistan match.
Mr Bachchan, 72, celebrated India's win with the Jalsa regulars who show up weekly at his Mumbai home. He also said that perhaps he ought to consider more commentary. (Also Read: At India vs Pakistan, Amitabh Bachchan's Voice. Twitter Pronounces a Verdict)
T 1770 - The debut commentator ... hahah !! and the victory celebration among well wishers .. pic.twitter.com/yPQ022HW1m
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) February 15, 2015T 1770 - Hahahahahahahah .. maybe I should do more commentary !!! hahahahaha .. !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) February 15, 2015Not everyone on Twitter was as thrilled to hear Bollywood's best-known voice booming out updates and analysis with - by turns - Kapil Dev, Arun Lal, Rahul Dravid, Shoaib Akhtar and Ashish Chopra.
'Worse than Doordarshan,' said at least one person on Twitter. Mr Bachchan's filmy colleagues, however, were all praises.
Okay even I AM UP for the match .. So you can't take the Indian out of an #IndvsPak match after all !! OH and you gotta love @SrBachchan ;)
— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) February 15, 2015Commentary never sound so impactful @SrBachchan live on #IndvsPak superb
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) February 15, 2015India demolished Pakistan. As this person remarked, Amitabh Bachchan has been a lucky charm of sorts cricket-wise.
Amitabh Bachchan is our lucky charm for Ind-Pak match. Last time he did commentary, India won the match & saved 3 guna lagaan in Champanair.
- Branded Bawi (@ZeniaIrani) February 15, 2015Then again, this was India's sixth straight win against their most bitter pitch foe so Mr Bachchan's services as a talisman were likely not required. He predicted they'd win anyway.
T 1770 -YEEEAAAAHHHHH ! India wins .. my second prediction came true too .. is it got something to do with the date 15th Feb !!!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) February 15, 2015Yesterday was also a special day for Mr Bachchan for a whole other reason.
T 1770 - 15th Feb .. !! historic date for me .. on this date 46 years ago in 1969, I signed my 1st film to join the Film Industry ..
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) February 15, 2015Amitabh Bachchan was in the commentary box as part of the publicity for his new film Shamitabh which opened on February 6.
