Priya Malik | Priya Malik wins World Cadet wrestling gold Ishant Sharma and Milind Soman made a mistake in congratulating the Wrestler

India won its first medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu claimed silver by securing second position in the 49kg category. After Chanu won a medal in the Olympics, India’s female wrestler Priya Malik won gold in the World Cadet Wrestling Championship on Sunday. As soon as Priya won the medal, the process of congratulating her on social media started. However, many people got very confused and made a mistake in congratulating Priya. Such people thought that Priya won India’s first gold medal in Tokyo Olympics.

Ishanta’s screenshot goes viral

From common people to well-known faces included among those who were confused in congratulating Priya Malik. Indian team’s fast bowler Ishan Sharma also made a mistake in congratulating Priya. He wrote on Twitter, ‘Hearty congratulations to Priya Malik on winning the gold medal for India in the Olympics.’ After some time Ishant realized the mistake and tweeted. But the screenshot of the tweet went viral. Let us inform that Ishant is on a tour of England these days, where India has to play a five-match Test series.

‘I should have checked first’

Bollywood actor Milind Soman also got confused in congratulating Priya Malika. He tweeted that thank you Priya Malik for the gold in the Tokyo Olympics. After this, Milind soon rectified his mistake and then tweeted and wrote that sorry, I should have checked before tweeting, but happily it happened. At the same time, a user commented that proud moment. Many congratulations to Priya for winning the first gold in the Olympics. Another user wrote that Priya Malik has won the first gold medal for India in wrestling in Tokyo Olympics.

Significantly, Priya Malik won the gold medal in the women’s 73 kg weight category in the championship held in Hungary. She defeated the Belarusian wrestler 5-0 in the final.