Harmanpreet Kaur Scores An Unbeaten 171 Against Australia In ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Semi-Final, Virender Sehwag, Ravi Shastri And Twitterati In Awe Of Her

Sachin Tendulkar, R Ashwin, Mohammad Kaif, Ian Bishop, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble and many others congratulated her.

This Indian Women’s Cricket team never ceases to surprise us. As a very strong and commendable team there has been different players who have rose to claim the limelight in every game. So we had Mithali Raj who led from the front in the starting matches, then we had Smriti Mandhana, Sushma Verma, Jhulan Goswami and now we have Harmanpreet Kaur who put India in a commanding total of 281/4 by smashing 171 not-out off just 115 balls against Australia in the ICC Women’s World Cup semi-final at Derby, England. Harmanpreet Kaur hit 20 fours and 7 sixes in her innings and ensured that she gave Australian bowlers a run for their money. This was her 3rd ODI hundred and became the 5th highest run-scorer in women’s cricket. She also became the second highest run scorer for Indian Women’s Cricket after Deepti Sharma. So unsurprisingly she got accolades pouring from all sides on her unbeaten century. Virender Sehwag, Ravi Shastri, Harbhajan Singh all took to Twitter to praise the cricketer for her awesome knock. Sushma Verma is the MS Dhoni of Indian Women’s Cricket team, proves in these lightning quick stumping videos

Harmanpreet Kaur is gradually creating a name for herself in the middle order and with her exceptional knock has now almost cemented her place in the team. When she came into bat the Indian side was at 35/2 but with Captain Mithali Raj at the other end the youngster soon made Australia sweat it out on the field. They put up 66 runs for the third-wicket partnership and steadied the innings before Mithali Raj went back to the pavilion. Twitter erupted in celebration with her brilliant knock and many Indian cricketers took to the platform to congratulate her on her stupendous innings. Sachin Tendulkar, R Ashwin, Mohammad Kaif, Ian Bishop, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble and many others congratulated her. Mithali Raj shuts down a reporter like a boss when asked about her favourite male cricketer on the eve of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017

Check out their tweets below:

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) July 20, 2017

Raging performance by @ImHarmanpreet 🔥🔥way to go.. #Girlpower 👊#IndvsAus #WWC17

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 20, 2017

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

— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) July 20, 2017

What a sensational 100 by @ImHarmanpreet , one of the best innings I have ever seen on a cricket field. In a WC semi-finals.#IndvAus

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 20, 2017

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#IndvAus

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 20, 2017

Still can’t get over that carnage from Harmanpreet Kaur. Highlights of that innings is viral material.
Last 51 balls ,she scored 121#WWC17

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 20, 2017

Great knock by Harmanpreet Kaur 171. Greatest knock I have seen in women’s ODIs. pic.twitter.com/vBauU3vsjF

— ian bishop (@irbishi) July 20, 2017

What a outstanding 100 @ImHarmanpreet 👏Amazing display of talent,power & clean hitting👌Take a bow Harmanpreet🙏 @BCCIWomen #WWC17

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 20, 2017

One special knock this from @ImHarmanpreet , big match player. #AUSvsIND

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) July 20, 2017

What striking!!👏🎉@ImHarmanpreet @vedakmurthy08 #AUSvsIND

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) July 20, 2017

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) July 20, 2017

Serious batting by @imharmanpreet! What a knock! #IndvsAus #WWC17

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) July 20, 2017

Harmanpreet kaur made her debut in 2009 and has been an integral and important part of the Indian Woen’s Cricket Team for a decade now. With this knock she became second Indian cricketer to post a knock of more than 150 runs in the limited overs game.