Olympics: "Spectacular Victory" - Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan And Others On Men's Hockey Bronze

"Wow! Indian Men's Hockey Team Congratulations. Resilience and skill at its peak," tweeted Shah Rukh Khan

There couldn't have been a better start to Thursday - at the ongoing Olympics, Indian men's hockey team defeated Germany 5-4 to win bronze and end the country's 41-year wait of an Olympic medal in hockey. Social media is deluged by congratulatory messages for the men's hockey team and their brilliant performance with shout outs pouring in from celebrities such as Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Anushka Sharma, Kareena Kapoor and others. "Wow! Indian Men's Hockey Team Congratulations. Resilience and skill at its peak. What an exciting match," tweeted Shah Rukh while in an Instagram story, Deepika added: "Congratulations to men's hockey team." Wow!! Indian Men's Hockey Team Congratulations. Resilience and skill at its peak. What an exciting match. Congratulations Team India on rewriting history! An Olympic medal after 41 years! What a match, what a comeback! #Tokyo2020pic.twitter.com/3mdym3Cupa Shining bright with all the bronze. Spectacular victory at the #Olympics. Kudos to the Indian Men's Hockey Team for bringing home the medal after 41 years!@TheHockeyIndia@WeAreTeamIndia#Cheer4India#Tokyo2020pic.twitter.com/cScxwL88gR So proud of #teamIndia for showing exemplary fighting spirit and bringing in our 4th medal .. super stuff. #Tokyo2020#Hockey And it's a bronze !!!!!!! 💪🏾 https://t.co/xaZp4Mvwkl Phenomenal win .. wish my dad was alive to see this historic day will be happy up there .. Thank you so much men's hockey team ..congratulations !!! https://t.co/WZEzM0e5db This is the moment we've all been waiting for. Victory in Hockey at the Olympics after 41 years. Kudos to our Men's Hockey Team for bringing home this honour with a #Bronze👏🏻🇮🇳#HockeyTeamIndia#ProudIndia#TokyoOlympics2020pic.twitter.com/niyLDGicCs "Hum jeet gaye" 🇮🇳🇮🇳#IndiaAtTokyo#IndianHockeyhttps://t.co/UMYOtrA8x6 Akshay Kumar summed up the emotions perfectly in his tweet: "Congratulations Team India on rewriting history! An Olympic medal after 41 years! What a match, what a comeback!" Abhishek Bachchan, who owns Pro Kabbadi League team Jaipur Pink Panthers, tweeted: "Shining bright with all the bronze. Spectacular victory at the Olympics. Kudos to the Indian Men's Hockey Team for bringing home the medal after 41 years!" Anushka Sharma, who is currently in England with husband Virat Kohli, wrote in an Instagram story: "Men of steel now bringing the bronze home! Proud moment for India in hockey after 41 years!" Kareena Kapoor shared her shout out for the men's hockey team in an Instagram story.