Mumbai: Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and Taapsee Pannu on Thursday celebrated the Indian men's hockey team's bronze medal win at the Tokyo Olympics, saying that they have made the country proud.
The Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed the Olympic medal after 41 years, beating a plucky Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match at the ongoing Games at Tokyo.
Congratulating the Indian men's hockey Team, Khan hailed their resilience and skill.
Wow!! Indian Men’s Hockey Team Congratulations. Resilience and skill at its peak. What an exciting match.
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 5, 2021
Kumar applauded the team for making one of the most memorable comebacks in the history of the game as they turned the match in their favour after being 1-3 down initially.
Congratulations Team India on rewriting history! An Olympic medal after 41 years! What a match, what a comeback! #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/3mdym3Cupa
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) August 5, 2021
Sharing a news report about the team's win at the Olympics, Pannu simply wrote:
And it’s a bronze !!!!!!! 💪🾠https://t.co/xaZp4Mvwkl
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) August 5, 2021
Actor Anil Kapoor also lauded the team's "historic" win, saying that he wished his late producer father Surinder Kapoor was alive to see the moment.
Phenomenal win .. wish my dad was alive to see this historic day will be happy up there .. Thank you so much men’s hockey team ..congratulations !!! https://t.co/WZEzM0e5db
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) August 5, 2021
Actor Tamannaah Bhatia said this moment will go down in history.
A win that will go down in history! 🇮🇳
— Tamannaah Bhatia (@tamannaahspeaks) August 5, 2021
What a phenomenal performance by our men’s hockey team 🔥
Bringing home the bronze after 41 years! Congratulations Team India 🇮🇳 #Olympics #Cheer4India #BackTheBlue pic.twitter.com/oEAcOVz8h1
South actor Nivin Pauly said the men in blue have made everyone proud.
From 1-3 to finish at 5-4! What a fight! The Men in Blue have made us proud bringing a medal after 41 years. Congratulations #TeamIndia 🥉ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ¾ðŸ‘ðŸ¾ðŸ‘ðŸ¾ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡³ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡³â¤ï¸#Tokyo2020 #Olympics #Cheer4India #Hockey pic.twitter.com/YdMg4w2HSG
— Nivin Pauly (@NivinOfficial) August 5, 2021
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar said:
Congratulations to Indian Men's hockey team for Bronze medal 🅠in Olympics 2020. ðŸ‘👠#TeamIndia #Nationalpride #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/t2zOWDMfaZ
— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) August 5, 2021
Actor Amyra Dastur tweeted:
This is so cute! A big congrats to #Teamindia for their bronze in Hockey after almost half a decade!!! Way to go boys ðŸ‘ðŸ¼ðŸ¤˜ðŸ¼ðŸ‘🼠https://t.co/BPJrV3VYQG
— Amyra Dastur (@AmyraDastur93) August 5, 2021
Eight-time former gold-winners India, who battled a heartbreaking slump in the last four decades, made the resurgence of the last couple of years count in the best way possible with an Olympic medal.
It is India's third hockey bronze medal in the history of the Olympics. The other two came in 1968 Mexico City and the 1972 Munich Games.
