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Tokyo Olympics: Indian women’s hockey team beats Australia to reach semis, Twitterati says ‘Mari Choriya..Choro se kam hai ke!’

In what comes as a historic day and possibly the greatest moment for women’s 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 match.

New Delhi: The Indian women’s hockey team created history on Monday at Oi Hockey Stadium — North Pitch — as they qualified for the semi-finals of the Olympics for the very first time after defeating Australia 1-0.

“Splendid performance. Women’s hockey team is scripting history with every move at #Tokyo2020. We are into the semifinals of the Olympics for the 1st time beating Australia. 130 crore Indians to the women’s hockey team — we’re right behind you,” tweeted Thakur.

This comes a day after Indian men’s hockey team also reached the semi-finals after Manpreet Singh’s side defeated Great Britain 3-1.

Here is how Twitterati reacted: