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Amitabh Bachchan faces Twitter fury over apparent dig at Harsha Bhogle, commentators

Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter to react to India's 28-run win over South Africa on Sunday.

Mumbai: Legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has always been an ardent follower of cricket. However, the 65-year-old actor recently caused a stir on Twitter by venting his anger on ‘biased commentary’ following India’s opening win over South Africa in the first T20 on Sunday.

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“T 2619 - INDIA wins first T20 against SoAf .. brilliant play .. loved the aggression .. and loved the bias commentating .. keep doing that please ..coz' every time you do that we WIN handsomely !,” he tweeted a couple of hours after the match.

Following this, Twitteratti slammed the actor, with one of them even terming Bhogle as the ‘best commentator’.

Back in 2016, Bachchan had hit back at Indian commentators following the Men in Blue’s thrilling victory over Bangladesh in the ICC World Twenty20.

Soon after that match, the then-captain MS Dhoni had also retweeted to the veteran actor’s tweet.

Virat Kohli’s men will look to clinch the T20 series against JP Duminy-led South Africa when the two teams face-ff in Centurion for the second match on Wednesday. In the first match, they had eased to a 28-run win in Johannesburg.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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