The disappointment of losing to Sri Lanka in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 final has led to many Indians putting the blame of the defeat on Yuvraj Singh. And the fans misdirected anger was seen when they pelted stones at the Star All-Rounder’s house in Chandigarh.
But after these actions he was given support by Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, now it was the turn of Bollywood Actors who have a good friendship with Yuvraj Singh to stand firmly behind him through Social Media views.
Amitabh Bachchan defended Yuvraj Singh, who became a target to fans’ after losing in the World T20 Finals. The Bollywood living legend wrote on his blog. “Ok …. so we lost to Sri Lanka in the World Cup final T20 tonight .. yes disappointed, but proud of our team and our boys for reaching the final, against the best teams in the world .. it was just not our day and the better team won … congratulations to Sri Lanka, who played really well ..”
Young Actor Varun Dhawan came out with tweets supporting Yuvi that why don’t the fans agree Sri Lanka played better cricket.
how can people be so daft in cricket you sometimes loose and sometimes win just agree that lanka played better today.
— varun SEENU dhawan (@Varun_dvn) April 6, 2014
Yuvi won us the World Cup,he gave us happiness when he was still having cancer. how can people forget that #Shame
— varun SEENU dhawan (@Varun_dvn) April 6, 2014
Director Arbaaz Khan tweeted saying that can’t forget his all the great efforts in Two World Cup comparing to a WC Final’s performance.
Yuvi has been a match winner, yesterday he had an off day , unfortunate it had to be a WC final, he’s still a great player.. Lets move on…
— Arbaaz Khan (@arbaazSkhan) April 7, 2014
Director Madhur Bhandarkar tweeted supporting Yuvi saying those are idiot people who pelted stones for getting a player who brought India two World Cups.
Who are these idiots who are pelting stones just because we lost a game? Have we forgotten it was @YUVSTRONG12 who won us both d World Cups?
— Madhur Bhandarkar (@mbhandarkar268) April 6, 2014
B Town’s famous photographer a good friend of Yuvraj came with supporting tweets. Actor Abhishek Bachchan Retweeted couple of tweets from Cricketers which supported Yuvraj.
If ur a true cricket/ sport fan, u back your team and it’s players even more after a loss. That takes character. #BleedBlue #India #yuvi
— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) April 6, 2014
Farhan Akthar a good friend of Yuvraj Singh’s family backed Yuvi saying to allow him to comeback well and show what he is known for.
@YUVSTRONG12 Please don’t let the witch-hunters get you down.. you’ve done more for India than their petty minds allow them to realise.
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) April 8, 2014
Actor Dino Morea tweeted in support of Yuvi and took the stupid fans who don’t realize his value.
Wow, INDIA wins a Final, we put them so High up on a Pedestal, INDIA looses, and we rip them apart. Guys it’s a sport, win some, loose some
— Dino Morea (@DinoMorea9) April 6, 2014