Twitter Hopeful as India Enter Women’s Hockey Final After 20 Yrs

Gurjit Kaur’s solitary goal helped India enter the women’s hockey Asian Games final for the first time in 20 years.

Ending a two-decade wait, a resilient Indian women's hockey team stormed into the final of the 18th Asian Games after edging past World Number 11 China 1-0 in the semi-final at the Gelora Bung Karno field on Wednesday.

Through Gurjit Kaur's solitary goal in the 52nd minute, India ensured themselves of at least a silver when they face Japan in the final on Friday.

Twitter reacted to the news with best wishes for the team, congratulatory messages and a lot of hope for winning the finals.

Congratulations to the Indian womens hockey team. India beat China 1-0 to enter the women's hockey final for the first time since the 1998 #AsianGames⁠⁠. Will face Japan in the gold medal match @asiangames2018 @TheHockeyIndia So proud of the team. #GoForGold now. Come on 🇮🇳🏑

— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) August 29, 2018

NCR congratulates its drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur for scoring the decisive goal against China today in the 53rd minute of the semifinal hockey match,which took Indian Women's Hockey team to Finals in Asian Games.We are all very-very proud of you Gurjit & Looking forward to the Gold pic.twitter.com/Ed4o5WCZP2

— railway northcentral (@CPRONCR) August 29, 2018

Breaking News: Women's Hockey | India through to Final with 1-0 win over China
1st time after 1998 edition that that Indian Women's team have reached Final
Well done girls
To take on Japan in Final on 31st Aug (Friday) #AsianGames

— India@AsianGames2018 (@India_AllSports) August 29, 2018

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Indian Women's Hockey team through to Finals of #AsianGames2018 Come on Indiaaa ! #GoForG old India defeats China 1-0 in the Semis. Sole goal from Gurjit Kaur in 52nd min. @TheHockeyIndia pic.twitter.com/6BN9CTVBKO

— Indian Sports Fan! (@SportsFan_India) August 29, 2018

Phew! Sigh of relief! Brilliant goal from Gurjit Kaur IND 1-0 CHN #Hockey #AsianGames2018

— Indian Sports Fan! (@SportsFan_India) August 29, 2018

This win comes on National Sports Day, the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. Coincidence?

(With inputs from IANS)