Bollywood celebrities congratulate PV Sindhu for winning the World Badminton Championship Bollywood celebrities congratulate PV Sindhu for winning the World Badminton Championship Ace shuttler P V Sindhu created history after she won the World Badminton Championship. She is the first Indian ever to win this title. Sindhu defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in straight games 21-7, 21-7 to lift the women's singles title in Basel, Switzerland. Soon after she won the final match, congratulatory messages were in order. Members from the Indian film fraternity including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, and Anupam Kher praised and congratulated Sindhu for her historic achievement. Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, "PV Sindhu .. !! Champion of the World , Badminton .. such an incredibly proud moment for INDIA .. just so honoured to have spent sometime with you at KBC .. YOU PERSEVERED AND NEVER GAVE UP ! THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF INDIA AND OF CHAMPIONS SUCH AS YOURSELF." T 3269 - PV Sindhu .. !! Champion of the World , Badminton .. such an incredibly proud moment for INDIA .. just so honoured to have spent sometime with you at KBC .. YOU PERSEVERED AND NEVER GAVE UP ! THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF INDIA AND OF CHAMPIONS SUCH AS YOURSELF ???????????????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/qIUYxmjDmM — Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 25, 2019 Taapsee Pannu tweeted, "Finally!!!!! Ladies and gentlemen, let’s welcome the new world champion!!!!! It’s THE GOLD finally!!!!!!" Finally!!!!! Ladies and gentlemen , let’s welcome the new world champion @Pvsindhu1 !!!!! It’s THE GOLD finally!!!!!! ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????#BWFWorldChampionships2019 pic.twitter.com/7d1ic0y79o — taapsee pannu (@taapsee) August 25, 2019 Rishi Kapoor tweeted, "So proud of you PV Sindhu. Congratulations. India dotes on you!" So proud of you PV Sindhu. Congratulations. India dotes on you! pic.twitter.com/yxuBwXwMXg — Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) August 26, 2019 Anushka Sharma tweeted, "First Indian to win gold at the #BWFWorldChampionships2019.. what a terrific performance! Congratulations.. you go girl" First Indian to win gold at the #BWFWorldChampionships2019... @Pvsindhu1 what a terrific performance! Congratulations.. you go girl ❤ — Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) August 25, 2019 Karan Johar tweeted, "What a proud moment for India. Congratulations on this amazing achievement of becoming the first Indian ever to win a gold at the #BWFWorldChampionship! #WhoRunTheWorld." What a proud moment for India. Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 on this amazing achievement of becoming the first Indian ever to win a gold at the #BWFWorldChampionship! #WhoRunTheWorld — Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 25, 2019 Anupam Kher tweeted, "Congratulations dearest @Pvsindhu1 for becoming the world champion. Your victory makes Indians all over the world so so proud. Thank you for giving us reasons to rejoice. Your journey is greatly inspirational. Jai Ho and Jai Hind." Congratulations dearest @Pvsindhu1 for becoming the world champion. Your victory makes Indians all over the world so so proud. Thank you for giving us reasons to rejoice. Your journey is greatly inspirational. Jai Ho and Jai Hind.???????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/SgXmGkB6qM — Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) August 25, 2019 Ayushmann Khurrana tweeted, "Congratulations @Pvsindhu1. The whole country is proud of you. Hail the new world champion!" Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 The whole country is proud of you. Hail the new world champion! ???????????? — Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) August 26, 2019 Rakul Preet Singh tweeted, "Congratulationsssss @Pvsindhu1!! You are such an inspiration to sooooo many in the country !! So proud of you girl." Congratulationsssss @Pvsindhu1 !! You are such an inspiration to sooooo many in the country !! So proud of you girl !! ❤️???? #youmakeusproud #WorldChampionships2019 — Rakul Singh (@Rakulpreet) August 25, 2019 This is Sindhu's fifth medal at the World Championships, which is the joint highest in women's singles in the history of the tournament along with Xhang Ning of China, a two-time Olympic gold medallist. https://ift.tt/2ZkHlXn