More than Indian batting or Pakistani bowling at Adelaide in a World Cup match that is expected to be watched by over one billion people, the biggest talking point on social media was actor Amitabh Bachchan and his Hindi commentary.

The Bollywood star is on Star Sports, doing Hindi commentary alongside former players Aakash Chopra and Shoaib Akthar, as part of promotional activities for his latest movie Shamitabh that released last weekend.

In the lead-up to the match, various ads had shown commentators speaking into a mic, but the voice was the most famous baritone in the industry, from Bachchan's character in the movie.



Bachchan had reportedly taken tips from veteran commentators Harsha Bhogle, and cricketing legend Kapil Dev. After 45 years in Bollywood, Bachchan's fans expected him to come out firing, but he seems to have misfired from the very first ball.

Twitter had loads of of fun slaying Mr. Bachchan. Good for the star that he was commentating till the 7th over of the first innings of the match.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

But things got personal and ugly, as they tend to do on Twitter, with some of the jokes extended to his son, Abhishek Bachchan as well.