Sports stars applaud Indian women's hockey team for creating Olympic history

From Sunil Chhetri to Virender Sehwag everyone is excited to see the performance of the Indian womens hockey team in the ongoing Tokyo OlympicsIndia defeated Australia 10 on Monday in the quarterfinals and as a result the womens team reached the semifinals in the Olympics for the very first timeIf you thought Sunday was good then our women have just gone and made Monday exceptional with a performance for the ages First semifinal appearance in an Olympic Games and thats how you do it with a big solid fight Had us glued throughout TeamIndia Tokyo2020 tweeted ChhetriIf you thought Sunday was good then our women have just gone and made Monday exceptional with a performance for the ages First semifinal appearance in an Olympic Games and thats how you do it with a big solid fight Had us glued throughout TeamIndia Tokyo2020mdash Sunil Chhetri chetrisunil11 August 2 2021Taking to Twitter former India batsman VVS Laxman tweeted Our girls have created history Beaten AUS in the quarterfinal match of womens hockey by 10 to seal their spot in SEMIFINAL for the first time ever Best wishes for the semis Tokyo2020Our girls have created historyBeaten AUS in the quarterfinal match of womenrsquos hockey by 10 to seal their spot in SEMIFINAL for the first time ever Best wishes for the semis Tokyo2020 pictwittercomiZj3H4GPs8mdash VVS Laxman VVSLaxman281 August 2 2021Former India batsman Virender Sehwag said that he has never felt this happy and he lauded the team for stunning a formidable side like AustraliaItni khushi shayad kisi jeet par mehsoos huyi hogi Absolute Wow moment First ever Olympics hockey semifinals for our girls Filled with pride Chak De India HockeyItni khushi shayad kisi jeet par mehsoos huyi hogiAbsolute Wow moment First ever Olympics hockey semifinals for our girls Filled with prideChak De India Hockey pictwittercomc9I5KZFaZ5mdash Virender Sehwag virendersehwag August 2 2021Taking to Twitter former Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra wrote Incredible Morning So proud of our womens hockey team Nothing unites us the way sport does twomoretogoIncredible Morning So proud of our womenrsquos hockey team Nothing unites us the way sport does twomoretogomdash Abhinav A Bindra OLY Abhinav_Bindra August 2 2021Wrestler Sakshi Malik and shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore also congratulated the hockey team for such an amazing accomplishmentTHESE GIRLS HAVE DONE IT THEY HAVE DONE THE UNTHINKABLE The IND womens hockey team are into the SEMIFINALS after beating AUS 10 tweeted MalikTHESE GIRLS HAVE DONE IT THEY HAVE DONE THE UNTHINKABLE The IND womens hockey team are into the SEMIFINALS after beating AUS 10 Tokyo2020 pictwittercomsE5lwjaTMWmdash Sakshi Malik SakshiMalik August 2 2021Rathore tweeted Congratulations to the India Womens Hockey Team for entering the Olympic semifinals Youve made India proud Best wishes for the next matchIn what comes as a historic day and possibly the greatest moment for womens hockey in India Gurjit Kaur scored the lone goal in the match during the first half through a penalty corner in a very tightly contested matchOn Sunday the mens hockey team also reached the semifinals after Manpreet Singhs side defeated Great Britain 31Also Read National coach Pullela Gopichand hails awesome PV SindhuThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever