New Delhi: Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday tweeted a Happy Diwali message, saying he celebrated the festival by watching the last three overs of the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match.
In his Twitter post, a user took a jibe at him by commenting on his tweet, to which Pichai gave a wonderful reply which went viral.
Pichai tweeted, “Happy Diwali! Hope everyone who is celebrating is having a great time with your friends & family. I celebrated again today by looking at the last three overs, what a game and performance #Diwali #TeamIndia #T20WC2022,” Pichai tweeted.
Taking a dig at India’s opening batting performance, the user commented: “You should watch the first three overs.”
To which Pichai replied: “Kya that too, what magic did Bhuvi and Arshdeep do”.
Twitter users shared the tweet more than 22,000 times.
The Indian team’s performance on Sunday cemented their chances of winning the T20 World Cup for the first time since 2007.
Virat Kohli’s match-winning unbeaten knock of 82 off 53 balls helped India seal a thrilling victory after the team fell to 31/4. He also won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his stellar performance.
Kohli and Hardik Pandya put on a brilliant partnership of 113 runs for the fifth wicket to lead the team to victory.