On Thursday (August 5), Indian men’s team defeated Germany 5-4 in the bronze medal match at Tokyo Olympics 2020 and ended their 41-year-long wait for 𒐪an Olympic medal in hockey.
The last time India had won a medal in hockey ♔was during the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow where they clinched the gold.
India may add another medal in hockey with the women’s team playing a bronze medal match on Friday against Great Britain.
The former and current cricketers were overjoyed by India men’s record win at the Olympics. The likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Sachin Tendulkar, Kuldeep Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina and many more praised the team.
Here’s how the Indian cricket fraternity reacted:
Chak De Fattey ! Burraaah
A landmark day for
After being down 3-1, INDIA fights back to win the bronzꦿe medal match 5-3, a first Olympic medal in after 40 years. Mazaa ♎aa gaya— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Congratulations to each & every member of the hocke🌳y contingent on winning the for India!
A fantastic hard fought win…The penalty corner save by Sreejesh in t𒀰he dying moments of the game was am▨azing.👏🏻
Entire 🇮🇳 is immensely proud!
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Forget 19♐83, 2007 or 2011, this medal in Hockey is bigger than any World Cup! 🇮🇳
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir)
The 16 who scripted history:
Manpreet, Sreejesh, Harmanpreet, Rupinder, Surender, Amit, Birendra, Hardik, Vivek, Nilakanta, Sumit, Shamsher, Dilpreet, Gurjant, Lalit, Mandeep.
Remember them, cherish them,
tel🙈l your children about them. Let them inspire a generation🇮🇳— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Inspirational win by Congratulatio✅ns 🎉 for India
— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074)
41 years was a long wait . 🥉
Well done boys and Team . You’ve been stunning on the field .
We are all so proud of you .
Jai Hind 🇮🇳— Harmanpreet Kaur (@ImHarmanpreet)
Heartiest Congratulations to the Indian Men’s hocke🐼y team! We are super proud of your efforts & this victory will forever be cherised! 🙌💙
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Congratulations to each player…from being down 3-1 to winning it 5-4…you guys held ur nerves…something to remember for a long time…🥉
— Harleen Kaur Deol (@imharleenDeol)
Terrific achievementไ and one for the history books! What a wonderful team! Congratulations boys 🇮🇳👏
— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15)
Congratulations to our men’sℱ hockey team! The wait is finally over.
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
Cong𒉰ratulations Team india ��🇮🇳 pr♐oud moment 💪🏽
— Khaleel Ahmed 🇮🇳 (@imK_Ahmed13)
Congratulations 🇮🇳 . Bronze in Hockey after 4𒈔1 yrs . What a game. Proud of Indian Hockey.
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Magnificent performance by our men's hockey team to win the bronze medal in Tokyo 🥉 You have been terrific. Congratulations 👏👏
— Kuldeep yadav (@imkuldeep18)
What a moment for Indian sport!
India's first Olympic hockey medal since 1980.
Congratulations to Indian Men's Hockey Team on winning the bronze 🥉.
Historic and a very proud moment for all of us!— DK (@DineshKarthik)
Four decades..that is the wait India has had to win a Olympic medal in . Just makes realise the sweetness of this victory.
Our boy's have done it. Should be a Watershed moment for the next gen.— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad)
What a great morning!! Superb win!!
Breaking the streak after 41 years, that’s a marvellous moment!! We✅ are proud of you, congrꦛatulations boys!!👏👏👏
Jai Hind!!🇮🇳
— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant)
Well done to the men's hockey team on clinching the 🥉 in Tokyo. A fantastic performance, you have made the whole nation proud. 🇮🇳🏑
— Shubman Gill (@ShubmanGill)
