Virat Kohli and fellow cricketing fraternity congratulate Indian women for reaching T20 WC finals!

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Saikat Banerjee
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With the most dramatic turn of events, the Indian women cricket team advanced through the semi finals of the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup without a single ball bowled. A heavy downpour today in Sydney caused the match to be abandoned, and India proceeded to the final for having more Group stage points compared to their opponents England. Nonetheless, its the first entry into the T20 World Cup final for the ladies, and the whole cricket fraternity of India comes forward to with their felicitations to the team, led by the Men’s team captain Virat Kohli!

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Topping Group A with an unbeaten 8 points, India went through the abandoned semi final match, as the Group B runners-up England had scored 6 points from the group stage matches.

Following the declaration, the supporters stormed the social media to congratulate the Women in Blue’s maiden T20 World Cup final entry, and Men in Blue skipper Virat Kohli himself came forward with a congratulatory tweet.

Former Indian women’s team captain and revered cricketing personality Mithali Raj couldn’t be more happier with the outcome. Although, the veteran batswoman showed sympathy towards the Englishwomen, who had to bite the dust today because of the weather.

Jhulan Goswami, former captain and an idol of the women’s cricket in India, hailed the squad for their stunning performance in the world cup.

Iconic Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag paid his tribute to the girls, but lamented on the abandonment of the highly anticipated match. However, he praised the Women in Blue’s marvellous Group stage performance, which in turn worked in their favour today.

VVS Laxman, another ex-talisman of the team, joined in with similar reaction to Viru for not being able to witness a thrilling semi. Although, the 45 year old hailed the Indian women for their unbeaten run in the tournament.
Veteran Indian cricketer Suresh Raina wished the team all the best for the final.
Men in Blue opener Shikhar Dhawan joined in with his congratulatory message.
KL Rahul wished for the Indian women’s first T20 world cup trophy.
Wishes came from Men’s team pacer Umesh Yadav on the team’s astounding feat.
Superstar Team India pacer Ishant Sharma couldn’t be any less proud for the result.
Young opener Mayank Agarwal arrived with his tweet.
Senior cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle couldn’t hide the excitement to witness the women in their first T20 world cup final.

Anuj Rawat, the young Indian wicket keeper and under-19 star payed his tribute to the team.

Next was Akshar Patel, the Delhi Capitals star who wished the team to lift their maiden T20 world cup trophy.

Former Team India international Rahul Sharma sent his good wishes to the team.

The final will be played on 9th March in Melbourne, as Indian Women go head to head against their Group A nemesis and defending champions Australia, who defeated South Africa today in the second semi final.

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