Kohli, Shastri hail Harmanpreet's ton in WWC semis

New Delhi: Indian captain Virat Kohli and newly-appointed head coach Ravi Shastri led Twitter users in congratulating all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur, who on Thursday blasted an unbeaten 171 off only 115 deliveries to help India post a massive 281/4 in a rain-shortened 42-overs-a-side Women's World Cup semi-final against Australia at Derby.

"Take a bow!! "Harmanpreet Kaur" ur magical innings made our day. Thanks for this memorable ride. India on the stronger side now," posted Kohli, who is on national duty in Sri Lanka.

https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/888084463560736769

Addressing Kaur as a "rockstar", former India all-rounder Shastri posted: "Harmanpreet you rockstar. Simply awesome".

https://twitter.com/RaviShastriOfc/status/888067763163480066

One of the key members of the current India set-up, opener Rohit Sharma hopes her knock turns out to be a match-winning one to help the Indian eves reach their second World Cup final.

"That's brutal power by @ImHarmanpreet! Hope it turns out to be a match winning knock. Some serious hitting there," Rohit wrote.

https://twitter.com/ImRo45/status/888064195526352896

Former India opener Virender Sehwag also hailed Kaur's effort, terming it as an innings of a lifetime.

"An Innings of a lifetime, Harmanpreet Kaur. What wonderful clean hitting. More than 60 per cent of India's runs. Fan! Over to the Bowlers now," Sehwag tweeted.

https://twitter.com/virendersehwag/status/888065625741905920

Ex-India batsman Mohammed Kaif called her effort as one of the all time great innings in World Cups.

"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," Kaif wrote.

https://twitter.com/MohammadKaif/status/888071978195623936

Harbhajan Singh also praised her efforts, posting: "Raging performance by @ImHarmanpreet...way to go.."

https://twitter.com/harbhajan_singh/status/888066885111037952

Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel wrote: "Stand up and applaud @ImHarmanpreet ...what an inning."

https://twitter.com/parthiv9/status/888060568640167936