Harbhajan Singh to Amit Mishra: How cricket fraternity reacted to Vinesh Phogat's shock Olympics disqualification

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Indian cricket fraternity extended their support to wrestler Vinesh Phogat after the 29-year-old was disqualified hours before her Paeis Olympics 2024 gold medal match in the women's 50kg freestyle category.

Vinesh Phogat tried her best to shed off the extra weight and did not sleep the whole not, however she still weighed a few grams more than 50 kg leading to her disqualification on Wednesday morning.

Billions in India India were eagerly waiting to watch Vinesh Phogat compete in the final, and the heartbreaking news spread like a wildfire. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also came up with a social media post to sympathise with Phogat, who became the first female wrestler from India to qualify for an Olympics final on Tuesday.

The Indian cricket fraternity also extended their warm supported to Vinesh Phogat. Former India cricketers Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Amit Mishra and Yusuf Pathan posted on X. Have a look.

Senior journalist and broadcaster Joy Bhattacharya and badminton star PV Sindhu came out in support of Vinesh Phogat.

Vinesh Phogat had a stunning run on Tuesday as won she back-to-back three matches to become the first women's wrestler to enter Olympics final. In the Round of 16 she stunned reigning olympic champions and world number one Yui Susaki of Japan and followed it up with two more tactically brilliant wins over the wrestlers from Ukraine and Cuba. She thwarted the challenge from Cuban wrestler with 5:0 margin.

But the unfortunate turn of events mean that Vinesh Phogat will return home without a medal. Yusneylis Guzman Lopez - Phogat's Cuban opponent in semi-final - will now compete in the final against USA's Sarah Hildebrandt.