Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) Wild celebrations broke out here Wednesday night after India beat Pakistan in the World Cup semifinal at Mohali.
The city’s skies lighted up with firecrackers soon after Misbah-ul-Haq was caught by Virat Kohli off the bowling of Zaheer Khan in the last over.
There were unprecedented celebrations. Waving Indian flags, youths zipped around the streets raising slogans of ‘Bharat mata ki jai’.
Tens of thousands of cricket enthusiasts who had watched the high-voltage match live on screens at pubs, restaurants, stadia and other places came out dancing on the streets. Many distributed sweets.
The celebrations in fact began after Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was caught by Virender Sehwag off the bowling of Harbajan Singh.
Earlier, anticipating trouble, police closed all wine shops in the city.
