Ranveer Singh, Athiya Shetty, Taapsee Pannu, & others comfort Team India post T20 loss

Primed to play role of 'Haryana Hurricane' Kapil Dev in Kabir Khan's upcoming film '83, Ranveer Singh took to Instagram earlier on Sunday to hail performance of Indian women's cricket team in ICC Women's T20 final that was held at MCG. He posted a picture of women in blue and wrote, "Proud of you Team India" as runner-up team lost to Australia by 85 runs.

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Indian wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul's rumoured girlfriend Athiya Shetty also motivated Women's cricket team through her microblogging account as she showed her support for Team India 'always'. She thanked team for representing country and playing so well so far. She also shared a photo of team along with a motivating caption.

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Taapsee Pannu, who will feature as former Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj in upcoming film Shabaash Mithu, also backed Indian team who suffered heartbreaking defeat against Australian team on Sunday. She expressed her belief in team as she motivated m by saying 'our best is yet to come'.

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Abhishek Bachchan, who is a sports enthusiast, also took to his Twitter account to raise spirit of Indian cricket team after T20 World Cup final.

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Indian run chase

Chasing a stiff target of 185 to win ir maiden world title, Shafali Verma failed for first time in tournament as 16-year old was sent back by Megan Schutt for just 2 in first over. India never recovered from early setback and soon found mselves reeling at 30-4 before end of powerplay. Having been completely outplayed by a dominant Australian unit, India hobbled ir way to 99 to fall 85 runs short of ir target.

With ir 85-run win, Australia Women successfully defended ir 2018 T20 World title and lifted trophy for a record 5th time in tournament’s history. Meg Lanning-led side also became second team in history to lift title at home after England winning inaugural edition in 2009. 

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