India scripted history on Thursday at the Dr. DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai by defeating Australia by five wickets in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 semifinal. Riding on Jemimah Rodrigues‘ magnificent unbeaten 127 and Harmanpreet Kaur’s captain’s knock of 89, India completed the highest-ever run chase in women’s ODI cricket, reaching the target of 339 with nine balls to spare. Following this historic victory, cricket legends from around the world congratulated Team India.

Sachin Tendulkar wrote on X, “Fabulous victory. Well done, Jemimah and Harmanpreet, for leading from the front. Shree Charani and Deepti Sharma, you kept the game alive with the ball. Keep the tricolour flying high.” Several cricket icons including Yuvraj Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Harsha Bhogle, Mithali Raj, Michael Vaughan and Virrender Sehwag took to social media to praise the Indian team’s extraordinary performance.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly
Virrendra Sehwag
VVS Laxman
Yuvraj Singh
Ravichandran Ashwin
Gautam Gambhir
Shikhar Dhawan
Mithali Raj
Harsha Bhogle
Michael Vaughan
Rishabh Pant
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