Senior opener Rohit Sharma and former cricketer Virender Sehwag lauded Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur after her brilliant monstrous innings in the opening match of ICC Women’s World Cup 2018.

“What a start to women’s t20 cricket World Cup.Brilliant batting by @JemiRodrigues to keep things calm in the middle & supporting @ImHarmanpreet who played an unbelievable knock to become 1st Indian women to score t20 hundred 👏👏.I’m sure bowlers can pull things off from here👊,” wrote Rohit Sharma after the conclusion of India’s innings.

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What a start to women’s t20 cricket World Cup.Brilliant batting by @JemiRodrigues to keep things calm in the middle & supporting @ImHarmanpreet who played an unbelievable knock to become 1st Indian women to score t20 hundred 👏👏.I’m sure bowlers can pull things off from here👊

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) November 9, 2018

“Harmanpreet Kaur , wonderful hundred. Great bat swing in a really zordaar innings,” Virender Sehwag wrote on Twitter.

Harmanpreet Kaur , wonderful hundred. Great bat swing in a really zordaar innings pic.twitter.com/lTfG5hsSkD

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 9, 2018

Riding on Harmanpreet Kaur’s breathtaking hundred, India scored 194 runs for the loss of five wickets. Following a mammoth total, New Zealand managed to score just 160 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 20 overs as India registered a comprehensive 34-run win over the much-fancied Blackcaps.

During her 103 runs knock, Harmanpreet Kaur smashed eight massive sixes and seven boundaries. The 29-year-old also scripted history by becoming the only Indian to score a T20. Harman’s century was also the third fastest hundred in the history of women’s cricket.

Here are some of the best reactions from Twitter to Harmanpreet Kaur’s masterclass batting:

Congratulations India on a wonderful start to the T20 World Cup Campaign. It was an outstanding century from captain Harmanpreet Kaur and I wish the team all the best for the forthcoming matches. #IndvNZ pic.twitter.com/9IGM2E68HE

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) November 9, 2018

T 2990 – Congratulations India Women Cricket T20 team .. victory over NZ and Century by Harmanpreet Kaur, first Women to score 100 runs in T20 pic.twitter.com/L7iG9h0Yy0

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) November 9, 2018

Whatever BCCI are paying Harmanpreet Kaur, the ICC should pay twenty times that. She’s slapping women’s cricket into people’s houses. #harmonster

— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) November 9, 2018

She’s Harmanpreet Kaur of Indian Women’s Team. 😊🙌 https://t.co/v52iKMncfX

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 9, 2018

Congratulations @ImHarmanpreet & welcome to the club of first T20I century! Wonderful inning and massive shots! Way to go! 👏👏👏#WomenInBlue #WWT20 #HarmanpreetKaur pic.twitter.com/mKWhRo3CfK

— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) November 10, 2018

Highest individual score at no. 5 in Men/Women T20i:

103*(51) Harmanpreet Kaur, Today

101*(36) David Miller, Oct 2017

94*(68) Corey Anderson, Jan 2017#WT20 #INDWvNZW @IndianCricNews

— Aditya Suman (@cricadi03) November 9, 2018

Interesting to see that Harmanpreet Kaur is standing outside her crease while playing a spinner….never seen that before. #INDWvNZW #WWT20

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 9, 2018

Harmanpreet Kaur 103 off 49, and this is vs spinners, standing outside the crease. The audacity pic.twitter.com/9WlRnfgPia

— Pogo Version (@SemperFiUtd) November 9, 2018

Think Harmanpreet Kaur could solve India’s middle order issues ahead of the 2019 World Cup.

— Nikhil Naz (@NikhilNaz) November 9, 2018

Jeet se shuruaat. Diwali Dhamaka by Harmanpreet Kaur and a very comfortable victory for India in their opening match of the World T20. Congratulations girls @BCCIWomen #IndWvsNZW pic.twitter.com/DOgZ3FzQ2o

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 9, 2018

Harmanpreet Kaur got the @WorldT20 off to a RAPID start with a sensational display of hitting in Guyana. Here are her biggest and best shots, delivered by @Oppo #FlashCharge. pic.twitter.com/KOSrNbDGOJ

— ICC (@ICC) November 10, 2018