NEW DELHI: Bollywood fraternity heaped praises on India’s para table tennis player Bhavina Patel after she won a silver medal in the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday. Taking to her Twitter Taapsee Pannu wrote, “It’s a silver !!!!! N that too a maiden one in TT! Congratulations Bhavinaben!” Veteran actor Anil Kapoor took to his Instagram story and shared a victory picture of Bhavina from the match. Alongside the snap, he wrote, “Congratulations.” Abhishek Bachchan also hailed Bhavina by sharing her winning picture from the match and writing a special note for her on his Instagram story.
“Glory, once again! Take a bow, Bhavina Patel, for winning silver with a stellar performance at #TokyoParalympics,” Bachchan wrote alongside the snap.
Vicky Kaushal took to his Instagram story to applaud Bhavina by sharing her picture holding the Indian national flag. Alongside the snap, he wrote, “Bhavina
Patel creates history, wins the silver in the Table Tennis Women’s Singles Class 4 event at the Tokyo Paralympics.” Ishan Khatter, Neha Dhupia, Pooja Bhatt, and other stars from the film industry also showered Bhavina Patel with heartfelt wishes for winning the silver medal at Tokyo Paralympics. Bhavina won silver on Sunday after losing the gold medal match to China’s Zhou Ying 3-0 in the women’s singles—Class 4 here at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium—Table 6.