New Delhi: PV Sindhu on Thursday sailed into the finals of the women's singles badminton at the Rio Olympics.
The 21-year-old Indian crushed her Japanese opponent Nozomi Okuhara 21-19, 21-10 to assure India of its second medal of the Games.
Immediately after the Hyderabad girl's historic win, Bollywood legend took to social micro-blogging site Twitter to express his delight.
T 2352 - YEEEAAAAHHHHHH !! COME ON INDIA .. PV Sindhu in FINALS of Womens Badminbton at #Rio2016 .. another women from India ! HISTORIC
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
T 2352 - #PVSindhu in Finals of women's badminton ..never before has any Indian ever reached the finals of this sport at #Rio2016 ..HISTORY
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
He also used this opportunity to troll author and columnist Shobhaa De without even naming her.
T 2352 - #PVSindhu .. aap "khaali haath" nahein, medal leke wapas aa rahein hain .. aur hum aapke saath 'selfie' nikalne chahate hain !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
T 2352 - #PVSindhu ...aapne 'bolne walon' ki bolti bund kar di .. karm bolta hai aur wo kabhi kabhi 'kalam' ko bhi hara deta hai ! BADHAI !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
While several celebrities, including Virender Sehwag trolled De after Sakshi Malik's bronze medal win.
However, we must admit that the Big B took things to a whole new level with his tweets.
