Harmanpreet called a 'rockstar', Kohli, Shastri, Sehwag lead in Twitter wishes

India's cricket captain Virat Kohli and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar led the way to congratulate the women's cricket team for entering the final of the World Cup and specially - Harmanpreet Kaur

Harmanpreet Kaur, left, celebrates after scoring 150 runs during the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 semifinal. Pic/ PTI 

Indian cricket greats rejoiced as India stunned defending champions Australia to enter the ICC Women's World Cup finals. The wishes on Twitter just began to pour in for the women's team and for Harmanpreet Kaur

India's cricket captain Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri and Virender Sehwag led the way to congratulate India's eves  for  their World Cup feat.

Virat Kohli, who is currently leading Team India for the upcoming tour to Sri Lanka took to micro-blogging website Twitter to salute the women's outfit.

He wrote: What an innings by @ImHarmanpreet and a brilliant effort by the bowlers also so far.. #INDvAUS @BCCIWomen #ICCWomensWorldCup2017.'

What an innings by @ImHarmanpreet and a brilliant effort by the bowlers also so far.. #INDvAUS @BCCIWomen #ICCWomensWorldCup2017

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) 20 July 2017

Taking to Twitter, former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar branded Harmandeep Kaur's batting carnage as incredible and hailed the brilliant finish by the women in blue.

Brilliant finish by the #WomenInBlue! The pic says it all! Here we come Lord's! My best wishes for the final against England #AUSvIND #WWC17 pic.twitter.com/WPNLsLFhuE

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) 20 July 2017

Earlier Sachin Tendulkar congratulated Harmanpreet on her fabulous performance. He posted on Twitter: Incredible batting by @ImHarmanpreet! Come on India- Let's go out and win the second half of the game as well. #AUSvIND #WWC17 #WomenInBlue.'

Incredible batting by @ImHarmanpreet! Come on India- Let's go out and win the second half of the game as well. #AUSvIND #WWC17 #WomenInBlue

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) 20 July 2017

India's new head coach Ravi Shastri, in his post, compared Harmanpreet Kaur to Kapil Dev for her fab innings.

ðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0087®ðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0087³ @ImHarmanpreet 171. @therealkapildev 175. A @HomeOfCricket final on Sunday. Deja vu. Go for it India #WWC17 pic.twitter.com/6nTgiDxEQN

— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) 21 July 2017

Former batsman Virender Sehwag also congratulated the team, saying they have made the nation proud.

Congratulations @BCCIWomen . Really proud of what these wonderful girls have achieved for the country. Best wishes for the finals.#WWC17

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) 20 July 2017

Ravi Shastri also called Harmanpreet Kaur a rockstar in his first twitter post.

Harmanpreet you rockstar. Simply awesome - @ImHarmanpreet @BCCIWomen #TeamIndia #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/olwm0UHjZc

— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) 20 July 2017

Hard-hitting former opening batsman Virender Sehwag termed Harmanpreet Kaur's century as 'innings of a lifetime' on Twitter.

An Innings of a lifetime , Harmanpreet Kaur . What wonderful clean hitting. More than 60% of India's runs.
Fan ! Over to the Bowlers now. pic.twitter.com/xZlIB2SW4x

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) 20 July 2017

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