Kohli, Tendulkar in hail Harmanpreet Kaur's blitzkrieg; Edwards calls it best knock ever

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Derby, July 20: India's middle-order batter Harmanpreet Kaur produced one of the best knocks in women's world cup history against defending champions Australia in the semi-final of the ICC Women's World Cup, here on Thursday (July 20).

Women's WC Special site; Photos; Match Report

Kaur's hurrican innings of 171* off 115 balls powered India to set a daunting target of 282 (42 overs) for Australia to chase in a rain truncated match.

Kaur ripped carnage and made mockery of Australian bowlers after reaching her third ODI century. Her whirlwind knock was studded with 20 fours and 7 massive sixes.

Her innings was the fifth highest individual score. This is also the second highest individual score in ODIs for India behind Deepti Sharma's 188 not out against South Africa earlier this year.

It was out of the world power-hitting by the girl from Moga district in Punjab -- something that has made her a stand-out player for India. The milestone from 51 to 100 was reached in 26 balls while she raced to 150 from 101 in mere 17 balls.

She justified skipper Mithali Raj's decision of batting first after winning the toss and hammered the opposition all round the park.

Australia now face a daunting task of chasing the massive total to make it to the finals and set up summit clash with England.

Entire cricketing world was in awe of Harmanpreet's blistering knock and saluted her valiant effort.

Here's how cricketers reacted after watching Harmanpreet show in Derby:

Sachin Tendulkar:

Kapil Dev:

Virat Kohli, India skipper:

Rohit Sharma:

Yuvraj Singh:

Ravi Shastri:

Virender Sehwag:

Charlotte Edwards, Former England skipper:

Katy Perkins, Australia woman cricketer:

Michael Vaughan, former England skipper:

Anjun Chopra, former India women's team skipper:

Shikhar Dhawan:

Cheteshwar Pujara:

VVS Laxman:

Mohammad Kaif:

R Ashwin:

Harbhajan Singh:

Parthiv Patel:

Aakash Chopra:

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