Sachin, Sehwag Congratulate the Indian Hockey Team on Twitter

The Indian hockey team gave the perfect Diwali gift to the entire nation by winning the Asian Champions Trophy for the second time at Kuantan in Malaysia on Sunday.

The men in blue beat arch-rivals Pakistan 3-2 in the final. Rupinder Pal Singh, Yousuf Affan and Nikkin Thimmaiah found the back of the net for India. And for Pakistan, Muhammad Aleem Bilal and Ali Shan were the scorers.

India were leading Pakistan by 2-1 at half-time, but Ali Shan found the equaliser in the 38th minute.

As the match seemed to be heading into a penalty shootout, Nikkin Thimmaiah scored the winner for India in the 51st minute.

Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and other famous personalities congratulated the Indian hockey team on Twitter.

What a win by the Indian hockey team! @TheHockeyIndia #IndVsPak #AsianChampionsTrophy2016

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 30, 2016

Yesterday Moral of the story :
Maa ki Mamta Jeet aasan bana deti hai.
Today Moral of the story :#BaapBaapHotaHai#IndVsPak #NoMaukaMauka pic.twitter.com/MTFhRjJl24

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 30, 2016

Congratulations @TheHockeyIndia , what a great Diwali gift to a billion people.
Great Victory.#IndVsPak pic.twitter.com/83620JQz5T

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) October 30, 2016

Super proud of my @TheHockeyIndia teammates for the win tonight vs Pakistan, it's a great Diwali gift for the nation specially to our Jawan! pic.twitter.com/GWfnnfiaxx

— Manpreet Singh (@manpreetpawar07) October 30, 2016

We've got another CHAMPION this #दिवाली  - #TeamIndia @TheHockeyIndia wins #ACT2016 #INDvPAK ! :-) Well played boys! pic.twitter.com/FP7dqDngmQ

— Lt. Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) October 30, 2016

#INDvPAK

Hockey-India defeats Pak 3-2!

Well played India!

— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) October 30, 2016