Cricket lovers Nadella, Pichai celebrate India’s fairytale victory

New Delhi, Jan 19 : Though they lead Big Tech firms in the Silicon Valley in the US, cricket still runs in their veins and on Tuesday, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella congratulated the Indian team, following their remarkable 2-1 series win over Australia in the four-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Shubman Gill (91), Rishabh Pant (89*) and Cheteshwar Pujara (56) all played brilliant knocks as India chased down a mammoth 328 on the final day of the fourth and final Test at the Gabba, thus pocketing the series 2-1 to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Nadella tweeted: “Last hour of the last day of the last test. Test series for the ages. Congrats to Team India!” “One of the greatest test series wins ever. Congrats India and well played Australia, what a series #INDvsAUS,” tweeted Pichai.
For Nadella, the leadership values he learnt while playing cricket in India helped him compete vigorously in the face of uncertainty — putting the team first and bringing out the best in everybody — during his 25-year career at Microsoft.
“The only poster I really wanted was one of my cricketing hero, the Hyderabadi great M.L. Jaisimha, famous for his boyish good looks and graceful style, on and off the field,” Nadella wrote in his memoir “Hit Refresh”.