The Cricket World Cup finals clashed with Wimbledon finals on Sunday, in what was one of the most thrilling evenings for sports lovers around the world.
England and New Zealand finished with 241 runs each to tie at the World Cup Cricket finals. They scored the same 15 runs in the Super Over too, and the higher number of boundaries by England won them the title.
The Wimbledon finals, also held in London at the same time, saw Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic playing upto 12-12 in the final set. For the first time a winner was decided by a tie-breaker and it was also the longest finals so far. Djokovic won the 13th tie breaker set and his fifth title.
People around the world watched both matches, tweeting about it live. Celebrities such as Siddharth, Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap, Vikram Prabhu, Madhavan and others tweeted every few minutes.
Actor Dhanush, a fan of Rafael Nadal, has a poster of of the tennis player lifting the Wimbledon trophy as his pinned tweet. Nadal lost to Roger Federer in the semi-finals this year.
? KING ? VAMOS RAFA #goat pic.twitter.com/EWHqCPTKIK
— Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) June 9, 2019
Director Anurag Kashyap said it was a memorable day and great fight to finish, and said filmmaking was nothing compared to playing the game.
With the Wimbledon and the Cricket finals , this had to be the greatest day in the sports of all time for the fans…worthy opponents and what a great fight to finish . Filmmaking is nothing compared to playing the game … what a day this .. 14th July 2019 . Will not forget
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) July 14, 2019
If in a super over a country can win by the virtue of more boundaries then why can a country not win by the virtue of losing lesser wickets in the actual match? There is a serious problem with the your rules @ICC @cricketworldcup
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) July 14, 2019
New Zealand is the champion for me, whatever the outcome ..
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) July 14, 2019
Taapsee Pannu and Siddharth also posted a series of tweets. Taapsee said, “England won the world cup, New Zealand won our hearts.”
Two bestest finals I’ve ever seen in my life and how lucky are we to see them on the same day! #ICCWC2019 #WimbledonFinal ??????
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) July 14, 2019
England won the World Cup and New Zealand won our hearts ❤️ what a memorable match both the sides have given us ?????????? #ICCWC2019
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) July 14, 2019
So close to the 9th:(
Well played #djoker. Epic win!
My all time GOAT #Federer fought like a lion. Always tough to watch him not win. ❤️ #WimbledonFinal— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) July 14, 2019
Just give it to both of them please. #ENGvsNZ
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) July 14, 2019
Deserving champions! This amazing #England cricket team has played so well for 3 years and it culminates in this. And what a fight from the kiwis. Wow! Magic cricket! ❤️ #CWC19Final
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) July 14, 2019
Actor Madhavan brought in ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 launch that was to take off at 2.51 am today, but had to be aborted due to technical glitches.
He said, “My heart goes out to NZ team, what an effort and game by them. But the gods were with England. What a player this Stokes is. Extremely superhuman grit by England… Now one more to go. Your turn ISRO.”
What an INCREDIBLE SUNDAY ITS TURNING OUT to be … UNBELIEVABLE CRICKET.. UNBELIEVABLE TENNIS..
UNBELIEVABLE ISRO #CricketWorldCup19 #WimbledonFinal #ISRO @isro pic.twitter.com/iHpOwK33ZN— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) July 14, 2019
Oh Man… My heart goes out to NZ team .. what an effort and game by them .. but the Gods were with England.. what a player this Stokes is .. Extremely superhuman grit by England .. what a game .. phew .. now one more to go . Your turn #ISRO .. @ISRO
— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) July 14, 2019
Editor TS Suresh, director Venkat Prabhu, Vikram Prabhu, Farhan Akhtar and Raveena Tandon also tweeted about the matches.
What an all time great #Wimbledon final.
— T.S.Suresh (@editorsuresh) July 14, 2019
Whatta #WorldCupFinals pah!!! Whatta finish!!! Congrats on ur First cup @englandcricket @ICC
— venkat prabhu (@vp_offl) July 14, 2019
Great day for sports! Amazing day for sport enthusiasts! Congrats to @DjokerNole & @englandcricket ! Thoroughly entertained!??
— Vikram Prabhu (@iamVikramPrabhu) July 14, 2019
Has there been a better Sunday for a genuine sports enthusiast.. the Wimbledon and the Cricket World Cup finals going down to the wire. Wow..!! Exhausted ..
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) July 14, 2019
Jokes apart . @benstokes38 battled it out valiantly! He truly deserves the victory. #ICCCricketWorldCup2019
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) July 14, 2019
Model and TV host Bhavna said it was Ben Stokes batting that made the difference in the end.
Really??? The four of @benstokes38 ‘s bat making the difference in the end.
Hosts @englandcricket win their first ever @cricketworldcup
Super over and a last ball finish! Can we hope for anything better?
Heartbreak for the @BLACKCAPS but the @cricketworldcup gets its due! ??— Bhavna Balakrishnan (@Bhavna__B) July 14, 2019
Last week, Karthi Subbaraj, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Dhanush, Vignesh Shivan, Rakul Preet Singh and also Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and others in Bollywood tweeted about the India vs New Zealand semi-final match.
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