Mr Bachchan was not impressed with Flintoff's comparison at all
India had just won Australia in the T20 World Cup thriller game with an amazing performance from Virat Kohli.
Kohli had brought the Indian team back into the T20 tournament to proceed to the semi-final against the West Indies.
Every Indian fan was revelling over the emphatic win in the quarter-final by their team and ecstatic with praise. From the chai walla on the street to the biggest stars from Bollywood.
One such star was the one and only shahenshah Amitabh Bachchan. Immediately after India’s win he Tweeted:
T 2188 – VIIIIRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT !! You are simply genius !! pic.twitter.com/KR7gp7otG4
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 27, 2016
And then, favourably full of praise for Virat Kohli and excited by the win Senior Bachchan tweeted:
T 2188 – @imVkohli you were brilliance times infinity !! Pure genius. Thank you for tonight ! And may many more such nights come our way !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 27, 2016
Kohli was being praised for turning around India’s game against the Aussies to lead them into the semi-final, after recovering from a 49-3 score to a dramatic win with five balls to spare.
At this point, English player, Andrew Flintoff, who has played 79 Tests and 141 ODIs for England, went to Twitter to praise for Kohli performance and said:
Class from @imVkohli ??
— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016
About ten minutes later, Flintoff tweeted a message comparing Virat Kohli to English batsman Joe Root:
At this rate @imVkohli will be as good as @root66 one day ! Not sure who @englandcricket will meet in the final now !
— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016
Little did Freddie Flintoff know that this tweet would emerge into exchanges on Twitter that would introduce him to the Big B in no favourable way!
Mr Bachchan was not impressed with Flintoff’s comparison at all and replied:
@flintoff11 @imVkohli @root66 @englandcricket Root who ? ??? ?? ????? ????? Root ko ..!!!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 27, 2016
Flintoff using “tongue in cheek” replied:
Sorry who’s this ? ? https://t.co/sjhs7HGT1d
— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016
It was this tweet that sparked a surge of tweets from Big B fans who could not resist to have a poke at Flintoff. Some which bordered on sarcasm to others which were very filmy indeed!
The famous Shahenshah line was quoted together with a highlight of Flintoff’s 1M+ followers being compared to the Big B’s 20M+
Beta @flintoff11,
“Rishtey Me To Wo Tumhare Baap Lagtey Hain, Naam Hai Shahenshaah”. 😉 @SrBachchan #IndvsAus pic.twitter.com/r4dKZjV2YX
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) March 27, 2016
Flintoff was even told to visit Madam Tussauds:
.@flintoff11 @SrBachchan @imVkohli @root66 @englandcricket
Visit Madame Tussauds, London. You’ll know who’s he.— Virat Kohli (@Bees_Kut) March 27, 2016
Flintoff could not believe what had kicked-off and then compared himself Piers Morgan in a following tweet:
Getting a taste of what it is like to be @piersmorgan ,some abuse flying about ,some people just don’t understand the term “tongue in cheek”
— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016
By now it was official that Andrew Flintoff had been introduced to the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, especially by his fans.
And then Flintoff left the Twitter pitch knowing his form was not great and thanked everyone.
Thanks for all the advice , goodnight !! ?
— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016
It’s best if Andrew Flintoff and other English cricketers for that matter acquaint themselves with how closely Bollywood is tied to Cricket in India. A bond which is very solid, especially when it comes to India winning an important game.
If an English cricket player didn’t score with Indian fans, English and Tottenham footballer Harry Kane definitely did when he praised Kohli:
Virat Kohli is some player!In the high pressure situations shows what type of player you are and he does it time and time again! #IndvsAus
— Harry Kane (@HKane) March 27, 2016
To which Kohli replied and congratulated Kane on his goal against Germany in a milestone victory for England:
Thank You so much @HKane. Loved your goal against Germany. Good Luck with your PL chase! ? https://t.co/ZbeYRIXkwj
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 28, 2016
So, it looks like Virat Kohli is a name to be reckoned with when it comes to the Indian Cricket team and as for the Big B introduction to Andrew Flintoff, it’s not one he will forget easily for sure!
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