New Delhi July 20 (IANS) Indian men s team captain Virat Kohli and newly-appointed head coach Ravi Shastri led Twitter users in congratulating all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur who on Thursday blasted an unbeaten 171 off only 115 deliveries to help India post a massive 281/4 in a rain-shortened 42-overs-a-side Women s World Cup semi-final against Australia at Derby.
"Take a bow!! "Harmanpreet Kaur" ur magical innings made our day. Thanks for this memorable ride. India on the stronger side now " posted Kohli who is on national duty in Sri Lanka.
Addressing Kaur as a "rockstar" former India all-rounder Shastri posted: "Harmanpreet you rockstar. Simply awesome".
One of the key members of the current India set-up opener Rohit Sharma hopes her knock turns out to be a match-winning one to help the Indian eves reach their second World Cup final.
"That s brutal power by @ImHarmanpreet! Hope it turns out to be a match winning knock. Some serious hitting there " Rohit wrote.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag also hailed Kaur s effort terming it as an innings of a lifetime.
"An Innings of a lifetime Harmanpreet Kaur. What wonderful clean hitting. More than 60 per cent of India s runs. Fan! Over to the Bowlers now " Sehwag tweeted.
Ex-India batsman Mohammed Kaif called her effort as one of the all time great innings in World Cups.
"281 in 42overs is a wonderful score & Harmanpreet Kaur has just played one of the all time great Innings in any WC match. What a joy " Kaif wrote.
Harbhajan Singh also praised her efforts posting: "Raging performance by @ImHarmanpreet...way to go.."
Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel wrote: "Stand up and applaud @ImHarmanpreet ...what an inning."
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