Amitabh Bachchan lauds Indian men's relay team for record-breaking race, calls out commentators for neglecting team's achievement

Amitabh Bachchan

Actor Amitabh Bachchan who is a big admirer of various sports took to his social media handle to congratulate the Indian men's 4x400 relay team. The team broke the Asian record on Sunday at the World Athletica Championships in Budapest, Hungary. While the superstar praised the team for their effort and win, he also criticised the commentators for neglecting the team's achievement.

Amitabh tweeted on Sunday and wrote, "and India .. JAI HIND (Indian flag emoticon) !!!! congratulations from the entire WORLD .. and just hear the commentary .. not a word for the Indian Team .. all about the 3rd and the 4th .. when we have made to the qualifiers by coming a very very close 2nd .."

Amitabh Bachchan was reacting to a tweet by industrialist Anand Mahindra who shared a video of the relay race and wrote, "What? When? Where? An Indian men's 4x400 relay team qualifying for the finals in the World Athletics Championship? Looks like everyone is shooting for the moon now… Look at them run…Our Cheetahs…."

The Indian team comprising Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh clocked 2:59:05 to finish second overall in the heats at Budapest. The Indian men's 4x400m relay team clocked a new Asian record and progressed to the final on Saturday. They broke the Asian record of 2:59.51, set by Japan at the world championships in Oregon last year. The Indian team finished behind the USA in a nine-team heat 1. The USA clocked a time of 2:58.47 and finished first while Great Britain finished third with 2:59.42 to take the final qualifying spot in heat 1. The first three finishers from each of the two heats and two other teams with the fastest times made the cut for the final. Indian men's timing also shattered the national record of 3:00.25, set by Muhammed Anas, Noah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv and Amoj Jacob at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.