It was the second match from the most awaited tournament of the year i.e Women’s World Cup 2017. India created history by defeating England on their home ground after 5 long years. Twitter went crazy after India’s win. This happened after a long time, when a women’s game was appreciated on such scale as it was being telecasted all over the world.
Official Twitter Handle of Indian Cricket team congratulated the Girls
India start #WWC17 campaign with a bang; Beat hosts England by 35 runs in their first game #ENGvIND – Read Report – https://t.co/oPeBbbSkJ3 pic.twitter.com/HZqAujFRlX
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) June 25, 2017
For the first time, memes were trending for this Women’s Cricket match
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Sachin Tendulkar was active from the beginning of the match and was seen enjoying every bit of it.
My best wishes to the @BCCIWomen‘s team for #WWC17. Play hard! Play fair!
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) June 24, 2017
Indian Cricketer Manoj Tiwary wished for the win
Congratulations @BCCIWomen on a wonderful start in #WWC17 Well played @mandhana_smriti @M_Raj03 and Poonam Raut ⯑⯑⯑
— Manoj Tiwary (@tiwarymanoj) June 24, 2017
Also Read : Post-Match Analysis of India Vs England match – ICC Women’s World Cup 2017
Suresh Raina was one of the first ones to congratulate the team
Congratulations @BCCIWomen and my fav player is Deepti Sharma and @mandhana_smriti ⯑⯑⯑⯑⯑⯑ https://t.co/icSAcACZDQ
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) June 24, 2017
The King of Tweets did not fail to wish our women in blue
Congratulations on a wonderful victory @BCCIWomen . Beating the hosts at home is indeed a great beginning.#WWC17
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) June 24, 2017
Shikhar Dhawan later joined the party
Congratulations @BCCIWomen on their victorious start. Way to go
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) June 24, 2017
What a great start by @BCCIWomen , convincing victory. Well done girls. Super Proud. #WWC17 pic.twitter.com/zCqfTi7paP
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) June 24, 2017
Amidst the game, Mithali Raj, the super cool female cricketer was seen reading a book.
#MithaliRaj – Queen of ⯑#WWC17 pic.twitter.com/F8GvP5oZJa
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 24, 2017
Read about Mithali Raj’s Book story here
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