Virat Kohli, Narendra Modi lead celebration of Indian hockey team's historic silver medal

Social media platforms were abuzz with congratulatory messages on Saturday after the Indian hockey team managed to win a historic silver medal at the FIH mens Champions Trophy final against Australia in LondonIndia fought hard but were ultimately pipped by reigning world champions Australia 13 via penalty shootout and had to settle for the silver medalThe gutsy Indians held Australia goalless in 60 minutes of regulation period and forced th game into a penalty shootout to decide the eventual winnersThe India team walks round the pitch after lodging a protest concerning the penalty shoot out during the 1st and 2nd place match between Australia and India at the FIH Mens Champions Trophy at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London on Friday PicAPPTISeveral celebrities including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India Test skipper Virat Kohli led the nation in congratulating the team for achieving that unique featCongrats to our hockey team for a spirited performance in Champions Trophy finals Their effort has been brilliant Were proud of the team Modi tweetedIndian hockey team regular skipper Sardar Singh who was rested from the squad said Great effort by our team in the finals of Champions Trophy and congrats for silver medal We will continue to work hard to make our country proudFormer Indian hockey captain Viren Rasquinha said The Indian team can stand tall with their heads held high Proud of the boys You played your hearts out Woke up feeling very proud of our hockey team Well doneIndia Test team captain Virat Kohli tweeted his wishes for the Indian hockey team he posted Proud of Indian hockey team Congratulations on the silver medal in Champions Trophy It was a brilliant game All the best for Rio 2016Former India cricketers VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag also joined in the chorus to congratulate the teamCongratulations to Indian hockey team on a well fought finals and a fantastic Champions Trophy All the best for the future matches Laxman tweetedGreat effort by Indian hockey team went right down to the wire Lost a great final in Penalty Shootout but won our hearts Sehwag postedStar shuttler Parupalli Kashyap also tweeted Hard luck guys Super showIt was Indias best performance in the history of the tournament Indias previous best performance in the Champions Trophy was a bronze medal in 1982Here are some of the congratulatory tweetsProud of TheHockeyIndia team Congratulations on the silver medal in Champions Trophy It was a brilliant game All the best for Rio2016mdash Virat Kohli imVkohli June 18 2016Congratulations team TheHockeyIndia for winning the Silver medal at FIH ChampionsTrophy2016 pictwittercom9Qi0y6cMM7mdash YAS Ministry YASMinistry June 18 2016Congratulations to TheHockeyIndia team for the Silver medal amp a well played HCT2016 Lost the final match but won our hearts Best wishesmdash Naveen Jindal MPNaveenJindal June 18 2016A stellar performance by the Indian hockey team in the Champions trophy Congratulations on the silver medal TheHockeyIndiamdash Praful Patel praful_patel June 18 2016Congratulations to Mens Hockey team on silver medal at Champions Trophymdash Ram Vilas Paswan irvpaswan June 18 2016Great effort by our team in the finals of HCT2016 and congrats for Silver medal We will continue to work hard to make our country proudmdash Sardar Singh imsardarsingh8 June 18 2016We lost the match But We won millions of heart Be proud boys silver HCT2016 BestOfTheBest TheHockeyIndia pictwittercomEF2hccI28tmdash sreejesh p r 16Sreejesh June 18 2016Great effort by TheHockeyIndia went right down to the wireLost a great final in Penalty Shootout but won our hearts HCT2016 IndvsAusmdash Virender Sehwag virendersehwag June 17 2016Congrats to our Hockey Team for a spirited performance in Champions Trophy finals Their effort has been brilliant Were proud of the teammdash Narendra Modi narendramodi June 18 2016Congratulations 2 Indian Hockey team on a well fought finals amp a fantastic HCT2016 ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008f All the best for the future matchesethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008d TheHockeyIndiamdash VVS Laxman VVSLaxman281 June 18 2016Congratulations TheHockeyIndia for winning silver medal HCT2016 Good consistent performance throughout the tournament More laurelsmdash Anjum Chopra chopraanjum June 18 2016Congratulations TheHockeyIndia on reaching their first ever final of the Mens Hero Hockey ChampionsTrophy Best of luckethu00c2u009fu00c2u0091u00c2u008dmdash Shikhar Dhawan SDhawan25 June 17 2016We were so close of becoming Champion of Champions Well played TheHockeyIndia in IndvsAus finals Best performance in ChampionsTrophymdash Dharmendra Pradhan dpradhanbjp June 17 2016Hard luck guys Super show TheHockeyIndia raghuhock 16Sreejesh RoadToRio HCT2016 silvermedalmdash Parupalli Kashyap parupallik June 17 2016Framed What a teamSilverHistoryInTheMakingchampionstrophyLondon TheHockeyIndia pictwittercomzsySNKR1rAmdash Uthappa SK Uthappask June 18 2016Woke up feeling very proud of our hockey team Well done TheHockeyIndia 16Sreejesh raghuhock manpreetpawar07 SVSunil24 OltmansOltmansmdash Viren Rasquinha virenrasquinha June 18 2016Congratulations TheHockeyIndia winning the silver medal brilliant performance in the final of HCT2016ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0087regethu00c2u009fu00c2u0087sup3ethu00c2u009fu00c2u008fu00c2u0091mdash Parvinder Singh pindilahoria13 June 18 2016Congratulations IndianHockey team for Silver amp solid performance against fancied Australia in HCT2016 Wish you all the best for Riomdash BS Bassi BhimBassi June 18 2016HCT2016 Silver Medalist lost the final match but the team effort has been brilliant IndiaKaGame DeshKeLiye BestOfTheBestA photo posted by Manpreet Singh manpreetsingh07 onJun 17 2016 at 1155pm PDT