WATCH: Rihanna extends support to West Indies during 2019 Cricket World Cup match vs Sri Lanka

Rihanna extends support to West Indies: The prominent celebrity was seen supporting the West Indies cricket team at Chester-le-Street.

During the 39th match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Chester-le-Street, Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 23 runs to register their third victory in the tournament. Given the standings of the tournament, both the teams are out of contention regarding qualifying for semi-finals.

The match had seen two rookie batsmen from both the teams scoring praiseworthy centuries each. While it was Sri Lanka’s Avishka Fernando in the first innings, West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran crossed the three-figure mark in the second innings. The former was declared the Man of the Match for powering Sri Lanka to 338/6 after being put in to bat by West Indies captain Jason Holder.

The match had given the impression of witnessing a nerve-wrenching ending. However, veteran Sri Lanka cricketer Angelo Mathews bowling after a year and a half dismissed the set Pooran on the first ball itself. With West Indies needing 31 runs in 17 balls with only a couple of wickets remaining, things became extremely difficult for them.

The match also marked the presence of illustrious celebrity Rihanna, who was seen supporting the West Indies cricket team. Displaying various expressions throughout the second innings, Rihanna was seen being disappointed after Universe Boss Chris Gayle (35) got out in the 16th over.

Rihanna was then seen celebrating Pooran’s magnificent century during the business end of the match. Her presence even allured a lot of reactions on social media platform Twitter.

Rihanna extends support to West Indies:

How Twitter reacted:

Yas Queen! This is what you came for @Rihanna! 🙋#MenInMaroon | #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/kkePwYe63b

— ICC (@ICC) July 1, 2019

Welcome to Chester-le-Street, @rihanna 👋 https://t.co/aBi9aFC6AM

— Emirates Riverside (@RiversideDurham) July 1, 2019

There was one crucial difference between the Indian chase yesterday and the West Indian chase today?#Rihanna

— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) July 1, 2019

Kaka I think @rihanna was happy with one six every over 😅 @henrygayle

— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) July 1, 2019

It got a little hotter in @cls_cricketclub with an appearance from @rihanna #cwc19 @ChronicleLive @pa #CricketWorldCup #SriLanka #SLvWI pic.twitter.com/uvlsIkWDRC

— Owen Humphreys (@owenhumphreys1) July 1, 2019

The #MenInMaroon have a special fan at #CWC19 today with @rihanna cheering every run 👀🌴#FuelTheFire pic.twitter.com/m6Y2ljDVlz

— SuperSport ⚽️🏆 (@SuperSportTV) July 1, 2019

🚨 RIHANNA IS IN CHESTER-LE-STREET. RIHANNA IS IN CHESTER-LE-STREET 🚨 #CapitalReports https://t.co/eqxqyAFHY8

— Capital NE News (@CapitalNENews) July 1, 2019

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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