Twitter Congratulates India After Easy Win Over South Africa

Twitter verse who followed the game throughout, congratulated India on their easy victory.

India got their 2019 ICC World Cup campaign off to a winning start at the Rose Bowl in Southampton as they beat South Africa by 6 wickets.

Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 122 to star for India with the bat as he got help from MS Dhoni (34), KL Rahul (26). While Rohit carried his bat through the innings, Hardik Pandya hit the winning runs for India in the 48th over.

Earlier, in the day, Yuzvendra Chahal was India’s top bowler as his 4/51 helped limit South Africa to 227/9. None of the batsmen were able to get going, as the Proteas seemed under pressure right from the start.

While India got off to a winning start, South Africa have now succumbed to their third straight defeat in as many matches with their World Cup campaign now in danger of an early exit.

However, Twitter was more than happy with the Indian victory and they celebrated with posts for Virat’s team.

What a start to #CWC19 for India! A brilliant Rohit Sharma carries his bat to lead a six-wicket win!

South Africa slip to their third straight loss in the tournament. Is there a way back for them from here? #SAvIND SCORECARD 🔽 https://t.co/BRFVfISGgy pic.twitter.com/c4FNsSSF8S

— ICC (@ICC) June 5, 2019

A fantastic performance from #TeamIndia and in particular from these two!

They win their opening game by six wickets.
All scores and stats here ➡️ https://t.co/yx6Mkqsy3J#SAvIND #CWC19 #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/1wTjcvQLya

— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 5, 2019

Match 8. It's all over! India win by 6 wickets https://t.co/Ehv6d9cOXp #SAvInd #CWC19

— BCCI (@BCCI) June 5, 2019

Wonderful result for India. Many boxes ticked. Bumrah was magnificent as was Chahal and India will like the solidity from Rahul and Dhoni. And Rohit Sharma was unhurried, his slowest odi century but one that was invaluable

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 5, 2019

Shaabash Rohit ! Bumrah, Chahal creating pressure throughout . Fantastic win to start the World Cup for Team India. #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/lGVHj8mfuO

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) June 5, 2019

Fantastic innings from Rohit Sharma. Great maturity and finishing the job in the end @ImRo45 . Bumrah and Chahal were superb with the ball as well. Great beginning to the World Cup for Team India. #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/rtIMoUzVdH

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) June 5, 2019

Not the first time that we have seen Rohit take up the mantle to win the game game on his own when Virat gets out early. India so fortunate to have such batsmen.👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏#INDvSA #ICCCWC2019

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) June 5, 2019

Wasn’t easy to begin with....but he stuck it out. India’s good fortunes are directly proportional to the form of Top 3. Rohit is an extremely important cog....well played 🙌🤗👏 #CWC19 #IndvSA

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 5, 2019

We’ve seen enough of Hitman, but today we saw the senior team man get a hundred.. Luck favours the brave, the committed .. top one @ImRo45 .. #INDvSA #CWC19

— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) June 5, 2019

Clinical... from the #MenInBlue. Bowled extremely well to restrict South Africa to 227 and then finishing it up well with a win. A Good day, a good start @cricketworldcup for India @BCCI @OfficialCSA #CWC19 #INDVSA

— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) June 5, 2019

Rohit Sharma's 122* today is the 2nd highest individual score by an Indian in a World Cup chase.

Highest - Sachin Tendulkar's 127* against Kenya in 1996. #CWC19 #SAvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) June 5, 2019

What is the secret of Hardik Pandya's energy? 🤔 #SAvIND #INDvSA #CWC19

— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) June 5, 2019

First time South Africa have lost three consecutive matches in a single edition of the World Cup...#INDvSA #CWC19 #ProteaFire

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) June 5, 2019

50th ODI win for Virat Kohli as captain and he is the quickest among all captains from the subcontinent to do so, taking only 69 matches.#CWC19 #SAvIND #INDvSA

— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) June 5, 2019

Brilliant knock by @ImRo45 to steer India to our first victory in #CWC19!

Well done, @BCCI! Great teamwork, great performance and good show all round! All the best for the future matches!#TeamIndia

— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) June 5, 2019

Congratulations #TeamIndia for winning your opening match of the #CWC19 !!

Best wishes for the games ahead.#INDvSA pic.twitter.com/yFwOhhnujD

— Pankaj Singh (@PankajSinghBJP) June 5, 2019

India next play Australia at The Oval on Sunday, 9 June while South Africa face the mighty West Indies five days later in Southampton.