ICC Women's World Cup | Twitter reacts to India's brave performance against England in the final

07/23/2017

India suffered an agonisingly close nine-run defeat in the final against England after putting up a splendid show in the nail-biting encounter at Lord's. However, Twitterati lavished praises over Indian women's brave performance against the hosts. Here are some of the best reactions.

Her name is "Pun"am Raut for a reason :D

#WWC17Final

Harmanpreet and Punam are putting the Kaur partnership that will Raut England.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) July 23, 2017

Well, she has certainly made the whole NATION proud :)

Goswami strikes for India! Not my friend Arnab but Jhulan!! 😃👍 #WWC17Final
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) July 23, 2017

The girls certainly made us proud, and the legends sent out their heartfelt wishes.

Super proud of the girls. Tough luck today but womens cricket in India has truly arrived. Thank you girls .Salute your spirit.#WWC17Final
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 23, 2017

You made us dream,

You made us believe,

We're proud of all you girls!

Real honor to hve watched u play! #WWC17Final #WomenInBlue @BCCIWomen
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) July 23, 2017

Feel for all of you, #WomenInBlue! You were good throughout but sometimes it is not meant to be. Congrats England on winning #WWC17Final!
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 23, 2017

To @M_Raj03 & every member of the @BCCIWomen team,you may have lost the finals but you won the hearts of the entire country👌Proud of u all🙏👍
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 23, 2017

India might have lost the battle, but they won the war - They've revolutionized Women's Cricket.

Keep those heads held high @BCCIWomen the title remains a dream but you've given wings to a million dreams through this #WWCFinal2017
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) July 23, 2017

"You play like a girl" - Finest compliment from this day forward!
— Sriram Sullia (@Sriramsullia) July 23, 2017

How many of us knew even one girl's name? Now all — Mitali, Jhulan, Harmanpreet, Raut, Veda — are household names. That's a win #WWC17Final
— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) July 23, 2017

You can always take positives out of defeats - positives like this, for example. :D

Atleast we didn't do something as stupid as Brexit. #IndvsEng
— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) July 23, 2017

Life, Death, Taxes and Virender Sehwag trolling Piers Morgan. Some things in life never change. B)

Me and all of India prouder even in this loss than you can ever be mate.We fought well &will only get better & stronger.

Enjoy for a change! https://t.co/Dv1gn2jpWn
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 23, 2017

Can someone confirm this, please?