Indian women hockey team made history in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics by reaching the semifinals of field hockey for the first time in history. They defeated hot-favourite Australia by 1-0 to book a place in the last four. Indian cricketing fraternity was overjoyed by seeing the success of the women’s hockey team.
Former cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Mohammad Kaif and Wasim Jaffer took it to Twitter and congratulated Rani Rampal’s team.
Gurjeet Kaur scored the only goal of the quarterfinal in the first quarter and India’s defence successfully prevented Australia from scoring the equalizer for the next three quarters.
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“Yesterday the men’s hockey team, today the women’s hockey team… Absolutely loving it. Well done to the women’s team for making it to the #Olympics semi-finals for the first time ever! The whole nation is behind you!” tweeted Sachin Tendulkar.
Yesterday the men’s hockey team, today the women’s hockey team…
Absolutely loving it. 👏🏻😃 🏑Well done to the women’s team for making it to the #Olympics semi-finals for the first time ever!
The whole nation is behind you! #Hockey #Tokyo2020 #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/jI18wX35by
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 2, 2021
“Way to go Indian Women’s Hockey Team defeats Australia to reach the semi-finals of Olympics 2020,” wrote Harbhajan Singh.
Way to go🇮🇳🇮🇳 Indian Women's Hockey Team defeats Australia to reach the semi finals of Olympics 2020 #IndiaAtOlympics #hockeyindia @TheHockeyIndia pic.twitter.com/BUaTz3HyLg
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) August 2, 2021
“Grit. Determination. Belief. Our women’s hockey team is weaving a golden chapter in our history. A performance for the ages that seals the semifinal berth. Well done, girls,” tweeted Mohammad Kaif.
Grit. Determination. Belief. Our women’s hockey team is weaving a golden chapter in our history. A performance for the ages that seals the semifinal berth. Well done, girls 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻@TheHockeyIndia #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/zn1MhOXV19
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 2, 2021
“Our girls have created history. Beaten #AUS in the quarter-final match of women’s #hockey by 1-0 to seal their spot in SEMI-FINAL for the first time ever! Best wishes for the semis,” wrote VVS Laxman.
Our girls have created history.
Beaten #AUS in the quarter-final match of women’s #hockey by 1-0 to seal their spot in SEMI-FINAL for the first time ever! Best wishes for the semis. #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/iZj3H4GPs8— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 2, 2021
“Itni khushi shayad kisi jeet par mehsoos huyi hogi! Absolute Wow moment. First-ever Olympics hockey semi-finals for our girls. Filled with pride. Chak De India,” wrote Virender Sehwag.
Itni khushi shayad kisi jeet par mehsoos huyi hogi!
Absolute Wow moment. First ever Olympics hockey semi-finals for our girls. Filled with pride.
Chak De India #Hockey pic.twitter.com/c9I5KZFaZ5— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 2, 2021
Here are some more tweets;
Incredible moment India. Drink it in 🇮🇳
A historic day at #Tokyo2020 as India makes the #hockey women's semi-final of the #Olympics for the first time ever 💪#UnitedByEmotion | #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/tay87XIX7W
— #Tokyo2020 (@Tokyo2020) August 2, 2021
Take a bow Savita Punia 🙌
📸 @Atheist_Krishna#Hockey #Tokyo2020 #Cheer4India #TeamIndia #IND #Olympics pic.twitter.com/mDuQSHVvLw
— Sportskeeda India (@Sportskeeda) August 2, 2021
What a remarkable way to make your mark in history! The #TeamIndia women’s hockey team persevered & kept their 1-0 lead to make it to the Olympic semi-finals for the FIRST time after beating World #2 Australia 🇮🇳 The girls have been spectacular & the whole nation is behind you👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/wb1UXWDNOw
— Sardar Singh (@imsardarsingh8) August 2, 2021
This video of @tnrags & @rk_sports speaks volumes on the pride our women's hockey team has given the whole nation 🇮🇳 #Verithanam
Go for gold girls! #HumHongeKamyab#TeamIndia #Tokyo2020 #Hockey #SirfSonyPeDikhega pic.twitter.com/5HBoLUwXtd
— Sony Sports (@SonySportsIndia) August 2, 2021
Gurjit Kaur will always be remembered for that penalty corner, but the real star of the match was Savita. Nine saves in all. And great defending overall
— Sambit Bal (@sambitbal) August 2, 2021
This is incredible….Indian women hockey in semifinals….what a performance….amazing 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼#TokyoOlympics2020 #TeamIndia
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) August 2, 2021
Congratulations to the 🇮🇳 Women’s Hockey Team for entering the #Olympic semi-finals.
You’ve made India proud! Best wishes for the next match. #Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/1JLNz3dWU2
— Col Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 2, 2021
India’s women team managed to turn the table around after losing their first three league matches. In their last two league games, India overcame Ireland and South Africa to make it to the quarterfinals, where they were up against the Australian challenge.
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However, against all odds, Indian girls showed good composure and grit to make history in Tokyo by reaching their first-ever semi-finals of the Olympics history, where they will be up against Argentina.
Earlier, India’s men team also reached the semis after defeating Great Britain in the quarterfinal.
