Team India victory parade highlights: Indian team feted at Wankhede after open-bus parade

In the annals of comeback stories, his deserves to stand among the greatest, for rarely has Indian cricket seen a player going through the lowest of lows and ascend the summit in a matter of a few months like Hardik Pandya has.

Pandya’s comeback journey following an ankle injury which he suffered in the ODI World Cup was one that is replete with elements of disappointment and dejection but also with utmost resilience and determination shown against adversity.

Once a mainstay of the dominating Mumbai Indians’ side, he had gone to Gujarat Titans for a couple of years only to comeback but in a way that many did not accept. Pandya’s return to Mumbai Indians replacing ‘Mumbaicha Raja, Rohit Sharma’ was something that angered the fans.

Boos, heckles and all sorts of negativity were hurled at Pandya when he first led the Mumbai Indians side at Ahmedabad in their season opener.

But all that were matters of past when Pandya landed amid defeaning cheers with a vast sea of fans filling up the Wankhede Stadium as well as the Marine Drive to the brim.

“See you soon, Wankhede,” wrote the World Cup champion as he posted his selfie with the trophy before the parade here.

Inside the stadium, chants of ‘Hardik… Hardik’ began to reverberate.

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“The huge turnout of fans to welcome us shows they were as desperate for this T20 World Cup title as we were”: Rohit Sharma 

“I am going to miss this love. What I saw on streets tonight, I won’ forget it”: Rahul Dravid

“I couldn’t connect with emotions of seniors who cried that night (after 2011 World Cup triumph) but now I do”: Virat Kohli

“This is the first time in 15 years that I have seen Rohit show so much emotion”: Virat Kohli

“What I saw today, I have never seen anything like this (before)”: Jasprit Bumrah

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The Indian team crossed the ocean of fans who came in to celebrate their T20 World Cup success, and arrived at the Wankhede Stadium to continue the night of celebration. 

After their arrival at the Wankhede Stadium, the Indian cricket players danced to the tunes of dhol at the event, which is being held after their victory parade.

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Indian cricket team’s victory parade to celebrate concludes at Wankhede Stadium.

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Team India’s victory parade to Wankhede Stadium, atop the open bus, begins in Mumbai. The staff at Wankhede are having a hard time to cover the ‘Champions’ podium due to heavy rains, reports Amol Karhadkar.

As thousands of people gathered in south Mumbai to watch the Indian T20 cricket team’s victory parade, Mumbai police advised commuters to avoid heading towards Marine Drive.

“Due to the heavy rush of fans around Wankhede Stadium, people are requested to avoid commuting towards Marine Drive,” the police appealed through their X handle.

People started gathering at Marine Drive from early evening today and at some places police struggled to bring the crowds under control.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Satyanarayan took a stock of the security arrangements at Marine Drive and Wankhede Stadium earlier today.

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He says that a huge crowd has gathered at the Wankhede Stadium as well as Marine Drive in Mumbai to welcome the victorious team and police has been instructed to avoid traffic disruptions due to the crowd.

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Team India will celebrate the World Cup victory with fans in an open-top bus in Mumbai and the special vehicle, painted in colours of Team India, has reached Marine Drive in the city ahead of team’s arrival from Delhi.

The bus also has a picture of the elated Indian team after they won the T20 World Cup trophy in the West Indies.

The Rohit Sharma-led side will travel in the bus from Marine Drive to the iconic Wankhede Stadium celebrating the victory with the cricket fans.

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Four Mumbai players of the T20 World Cup cricket team will be felicitated in the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan complex in Mumbai on Friday, State Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar said in the House on July 4.

Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal, all from Mumbai, were part of India’s T20 World Cup squad. - PTI

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The Indian team will be celebrating the win at The Wankhede Stadium in mumbai later today. The stadium will be open to general public as well.

The gates will close at 6 p.m. or when the stands are filled to capacity, whichever is earlier.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajeev Shukla said that Team India’s triumph at the 2024 edition of the T20 World Cup was a ‘great achievement’.

The Men in Blue got hold of the prestigious T20 WC trophy for the second time, defeating South Africa by seven runs in Barbados on Saturday.

Speaking to ANI, Mr. Shukla said that everyone in the country is happy after Men in Blue won the T20 World Cup. The BCCI vice-president gave all the credit to the players and BCCI officials for their success in the marquee event.

”Everybody is happy because it’s a great achievement to win the ICC T20 World Cup after defeating South Africa and many countries. I would like to give credit to all the players, team management and BCCI officials... They landed here today in a private chartered plane of Air India and now they’ll be heading for Mumbai and there will be reception...,” Mr. Shukla said. - ANI

Rohit Sharma-led Team India reached Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence after their success at the 2024 edition of the T20 World Cup in Barbados.

The T20 World Cup winners will meet with PM Modi at his residence, 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi. - ANI

Police have made elaborate security arrangements for the road show of the T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team today evening in Mumbai where a large number of fans are expected to gather to watch the procession, an official said.

The victorious team, which returned to the country this morning, will take part in an open bus road show followed by a felicitation ceremony at the Wankhede Stadium in south Mumbai.

The victory procession will be held between 5 and 7 pm from Nariman Point to the Wankhede Stadium, the official said on Wednesday.

As a large number of people are expected to gather for the event, police are taking utmost precaution to avoid any untoward incident, he said. - PTI

Suryakumar Yadav took a decisive catch in the final over. He juggled to take the catch of David Miller with South Africa needing 16 runs from the final over.

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The Air India special charter flight AIC24WC - Air India Champions 24 World Cup - took off from Bridgetown, Barbados around 4:50 a.m. local time on July 3 and arrived in Delhi at 6 a.m. (IST) on July 4 after a 16-hour non-stop journey.

The Indian squad, its support staff, the players’ families and some board officials are aboard the flight along with members of the travelling media contingent.