WC 2015 IND vs SA: PM Narendra Modi, Aamir Khan, VVS Laxman lead Twitterati to congratulate centurion Shikhar Dhawan

Mumbai: Going in as favourites after history backing them, South Africa were put on a real back foot in their World Cup clash against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, courtesy Shikhar Dhawan’s 137 off 146 balls that included 16 boundaries and two huge sixes. Trivia says India has always won a one-day international match where left-hander Dhawan scores a hundred.

Read: Can Shikhar Dhawan’s century take Team India to victory?

Micro-blogging site Twitter went abuzz with many congratulatory messages pouring in for Shikhar Dhawan and Team India. After India's massive 130-run win over the Proteas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee immediately congratulated the team.

Great performance. Well played. Congrats Team India. You make us proud yet again.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 22, 2015

Congratulations on your second victory in ICC World Cup 2015; the first ever win against S.Africa in World Cup matches #PresidentMukherjee

— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) February 22, 2015

Sachin Tendulkar, who was also present at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, tweeted congratulating the Men in Blue.

Terrific performance team India.First win in a World Cup against South Africa.First time for me in the stands in a WorldCup.Memorable firsts

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 22, 2015

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan thanked the left-hander as well as Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli.

Thank you Virat, Shikhar, Ajinkya!

— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) February 22, 2015

Member of Parliament and former Sports Minister Ajay Maken was impressed by India’s target and wished the team success in the match.

India scored a good 307 Looks like an extremely good batting track-We need to bowl and field well too! All the best! pic.twitter.com/SRExS3trBd

— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) February 22, 2015

Cricketing expert and commentator Harsha Bhogle also was quite impressed with Dhawan’s batting performance, said it was even better than the one in Cardiff.

This innings by Shikhar Dhawan is even better than that magnificent one at Cardiff in the Champions Trophy. #cwc15

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 22, 2015

Former Indian batting sensation and Hyderabad born VVS Laxman was impressed by Dhawan’s ton and said that it was the left-hander’s hard work that paid.

Congrats @imshikharD on a fantastic 100. Really proud of you mate. All your hard work has paid of. Keep it up. #cwc2015

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) February 22, 2015

Famous cricket journalist Ayaz Memon praised Dhawan’s performance.

Shikhar's success in World Cup is about making some adjustment in technique but more about putting mind over matter...

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) February 22, 2015

B-Town star Arjun Rampal also wished the Indian team for this massive game.

Let's go India. We are the champions.

— arjun rampal (@rampalarjun) February 22, 2015

Veteran Indian film director and producer Shekhar Kapur, missed Dhawan’s innings and he highly regretted it.

Jealous of my friends who saw #Dhawan's amazing knock while i trudge in the snow in freezing Toronto #IndvsSA pic.twitter.com/pyT5a4Kxie

— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) February 22, 2015

Sonakshi Sinha also went ecstatic after India posed a massive 307 target.

300 ke neeche toh baat hi nahi karenge!!! Come on india, dikha do!!! #INDvSA #WorldCup2015

— Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) February 22, 2015

With a mammoth target strongly backing them, can Mahendra Singh Dhoni maneuver his army of Indian bowlers to taste success for the second time in the row?

Still back our batters to chase this down...this was always gonna be a test to see where our bowlers are at..

— herschelle gibbs (@hershybru) February 22, 2015