New Delhi, March 5 -- Congress leader Shama Mohamed, who sparked a political row after her comments on Team India captain Rohit Sharma's fitness, congratulated the men's national cricket team after it won against Australia in the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy on Tuesday night.

"I am very happy today that India has won the semi-final match against Australia under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. I congratulate Virat Kohli for scoring 84 runs...I am very excited and looking forward to the finals," Mohamed told news agency ANI.

Mohamed sparked a political row when she called Rohit Sharma 'fat' and the most 'unimpressive' Indian skipper to date. In a post on X (formerly Twitter),Shama Mohamedwrote, "@ImRo45 is fat for a sportsman! N...