Women's World Cup: From Virender Sehwag to VVS Laxman, Twitter congratulates Indian women for making it to the final four

Twitter was full of praise for the Indian women’s cricket team after their clinical display against New Zealand in the must win game in Derby on Saturday.

Both sides needed to win this game in order to qualify for the semifinals, but it was the Women In Blue who rose to the occasion.

Here's how cricketers reacted

Congratulations @BCCIWomen on the stunning win and making it to the semis.
Great effort from @M_Raj03 ,Veda and Rajeshwari.#WWC17

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 15, 2017

So proud of our @BCCIWomen 's team. Great all round effort and a huge victory .Wish the team good luck for the semi finals.#WWC17

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 15, 2017

Done Deal.
Rajeshwari Gaykawad has spun India into the semis in style. Another player stood up & got counted. Brilliant @BCCIWomen #wwc17

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 15, 2017

Wow, cometh the hour.....Brilliant performance from India's women. New Zealand were a fancied team going into the tournament

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 15, 2017

India look poised to get through to the business end. @BCCIWomen @M_Raj03. A clinical performance against the kiwis.March on ladies

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) July 15, 2017

Indian bowlers spin a Web around the NZ batswomenGr8 spell from
Rajeshwari GaykawadCongrats @M_Raj03 & to the entire @BCCIWomen #wwc17

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 15, 2017

Earlier, skipper Mithali Raj slammed a century before left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad returned with a five-wicket haul as India crushed New Zealand by 186 runs to storm into the semifinals of the ICC Women's World Cup.

Put into bat, India recovered from an early wobble to score a challenging 265/7 in their final league match, riding on a 132-run stand between Mithali (109) and Harmanpreet Kaur (60) and a quickfire 70 by Veda Krishnamurthy.

India then produced a superb bowling display to dismiss the Kiwis for 79 in just 25.3 overs. Left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad (5/15) was the peak of the bowlers with her five-wicket haul, while Deepti Sharma (2/26) scalped two and Jhulan Goswami (1/14), Shikha Pandey (1/12) and Poonam Yadav (1/12) picked one each respectively.