Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Indian captain Rohit Sharma received a warm welcome at his 'home sweet home' following his team's victory in the ICC T20 World Cup in Barbados last Saturday.
Team 45 Ro, the Indian captain's official media team, shared a photo of Rohit standing at the doorstep of his house on Instagram, captioned 'home sweet home'. The ground was also decorated with flower petals to welcome the World Cup-winning captain home.
The captain also took to his personal Instagram account and dedicated his World Cup victory to the entire nation.
"This is for YOU," Rohit said in his Instagram post.
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On Thursday morning, the T20 World Cup-winning Indian team landed in the national capital Delhi and received a warm welcome from fans who were eagerly waiting to see their favorite heroes and the trophy.
After their meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, the players left for Mumbai. In Mumbai, the Men in Blue held a victory parade on open buses from Marine Drive to the iconic Wankhede Stadium. The parade was an event to remember and marvel at as thousands of fans gathered on Marine Drive and surrounded the bus before it could board the Indian players.
The team reached Wankhede amidst cheers, chants and applause from passionate fans. At Wankhede, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials felicitated them with the prize money of Rs 125 million. The players also spoke about their victory and the performances of key players in the T20 World Cup inside a packed Wankhede and danced their hearts out. The event also featured the players taking a victory lap to the tunes of the country's national song, 'Vande Mataram'.
The flight was organized by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah and departed on July 2 from hurricane-hit Barbados before arriving in Delhi around 6am. from Thursday. Also on the flight were board officials and members of the tournament's media contingent.
India ended a 13-year ICC World Cup trophy drought with a victory in the final, defeating South Africa by seven runs on Saturday. Virat Kohli's 76 helped India reach 176/7, while Hardik Pandya (3/20) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/18) helped India restrict the Proteas to 169/8, despite 52 from Heinrich Klaasen in just 27 balls. Bumrah, who bagged 15 scalps throughout the tournament with an impressive economy rate of 4.17, bagged the 'Player of the Tournament' honours.
Rohit also finished the tournament with the best performance of his career with the bat, scoring 257 runs in eight games at an average of 36.71 and a strike rate of over 156. His best score was 92 and he scored three half-centuries in the competition. to become the second best runner.
Rohit retires from the format as a double T20 World Cup champion, winning the title in 2007 as a promising young prodigy. In 151 T20I matches, Rohit scored 4231 runs at an average of 32.05 with a strike rate of over 140. He scored five centuries and 32 fifties in his career, with the best score of 121*. Rohit is also the leading run-scorer in this format.
Team 45 Ro, the Indian captain's official media team, shared a photo of Rohit standing at the doorstep of his house on Instagram, captioned 'home sweet home'. The ground was also decorated with flower petals to welcome the World Cup-winning captain home.
The captain also took to his personal Instagram account and dedicated his World Cup victory to the entire nation.
"This is for YOU," Rohit said in his Instagram post.
https://www.instagram.com/rohitsharma45/p/C9CDpU4S6sx/?hl=en&img_index=1[/ URL]
On Thursday morning, the T20 World Cup-winning Indian team landed in the national capital Delhi and received a warm welcome from fans who were eagerly waiting to see their favorite heroes and the trophy.
After their meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, the players left for Mumbai. In Mumbai, the Men in Blue held a victory parade on open buses from Marine Drive to the iconic Wankhede Stadium. The parade was an event to remember and marvel at as thousands of fans gathered on Marine Drive and surrounded the bus before it could board the Indian players.
The team reached Wankhede amidst cheers, chants and applause from passionate fans. At Wankhede, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials felicitated them with the prize money of Rs 125 million. The players also spoke about their victory and the performances of key players in the T20 World Cup inside a packed Wankhede and danced their hearts out. The event also featured the players taking a victory lap to the tunes of the country's national song, 'Vande Mataram'.
The flight was organized by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah and departed on July 2 from hurricane-hit Barbados before arriving in Delhi around 6am. from Thursday. Also on the flight were board officials and members of the tournament's media contingent.
India ended a 13-year ICC World Cup trophy drought with a victory in the final, defeating South Africa by seven runs on Saturday. Virat Kohli's 76 helped India reach 176/7, while Hardik Pandya (3/20) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/18) helped India restrict the Proteas to 169/8, despite 52 from Heinrich Klaasen in just 27 balls. Bumrah, who bagged 15 scalps throughout the tournament with an impressive economy rate of 4.17, bagged the 'Player of the Tournament' honours.
Rohit also finished the tournament with the best performance of his career with the bat, scoring 257 runs in eight games at an average of 36.71 and a strike rate of over 156. His best score was 92 and he scored three half-centuries in the competition. to become the second best runner.
Rohit retires from the format as a double T20 World Cup champion, winning the title in 2007 as a promising young prodigy. In 151 T20I matches, Rohit scored 4231 runs at an average of 32.05 with a strike rate of over 140. He scored five centuries and 32 fifties in his career, with the best score of 121*. Rohit is also the leading run-scorer in this format.
