With Indian Colts led by the skipper Unmukt Chand lifted the U-19 World Cup title after a gap of four years at Townsville on Sunday, social networking sites got flooded with congratulatory messages for the team and the dynamic skippers.
The tweets did not only come from the cricketing fraternity, but then corporates and politicians also joined in to appreciate the young Indian cricketers.
Here is a look at who said what:
Harbhajan Singh :"Champions champions champions. Well done India U-19 boys for bringing another world cup home. Very proud of u all. So happy. God bless u all.”
Yuvraj Singh : "Proud of the colts!! Congratulations to the u-19 boys for winning the world cup! well played captain @UnmuktChand."
Manoj Tiwary: "Thank you India U19 Team for making us proud by winning the World Cup trophy. And great inning by @UnmuktChand9 and well played Smit Patel."
Chris Gayle: "Great news. India won the U19 world cup. India beat Australia in world cup Final Congrats team India."
Sports minister Ajay Maken: Congratulations! "@PTI_News: India wins ICC Under-19 World Cup title for a third time after beating Australia by six wickets in the final."
Indian Premier League commissioner, Rajeev Shukla: "Congratulate Indian U19 team 4 a spectacular performance 2 lift the World Cup. Australian team deserves praise 4 putting up a good show too."
Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi : "Congrats to the Indian Under 19 Boys for bringing home the Cup. These Boys are our Future.”
"King of Good Times "Vijay Mallya tweeted: "Congrats Team India. Under 19 World Cup Champions. Good inspiration for the senior national team in the forthcoming World Cup."
Abhinav Bindra:"Well done Unmukt Chand! Great to watch. Congrats to the team!", he wrote on his Twitter page.
Murali Kartik: "Well done the Under-19 lads..congrats."
By Indian Sports News Network
