MUMBAI: “Mumbai never disappoints”. Those words of Rohit Sharma aptly summed up the reception Mumbaikars dished out to his T20 World Cup winning squad – at the Marine Drive and then at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Seven months ago, the man from Mumbai was distraught as he left the field, teary eyed, after India…
Fans wait over 4 hours for homecoming World Cup heroesThe sea looked bluer on the reclaimed-land side on Thursday evening. After their delayed departure from Barbados due to a hurricane, Rohit Sharma‘s T20 World Cup winning Team India returned home to a different kind of storm with cricket-crazy Mumbaikars filling the stretch from Nariman Point…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Dravid, who served as the head coach of India during their T20 World Cup triumph, revealed that a phone call from captain Rohit Sharma following the ODI World Cup defeat last year was one of the most memorable moments of his life.India’s long wait for an ICC World Cup trophy finally ended…
NEW DELHI: A massive crowd of enthusiastic fans gathered at Marine Drive in South Mumbai to celebrate the Indian team’s victory in the T20 World Cup. The parade, which started from Nariman Point and ended at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, brought traffic to a standstill as thousands of people lined the streets to catch a…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in a significant interaction with the Indian cricket team, the recent victors of the T20 World Cup, discussing their experiences throughout the International Cricket Council (ICC) tournament held in the USA and the Caribbean. The team, under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, achieved victory in the T20 World…
NEW DELHI: Winning a World Cup trophy is a moment to cherish for any sportsperson in his entire life and it seems no player other than Indian captain Rohit Sharma understands the value of winning it.In a video that went viral on social media in no time captured Rohit’s affection for the trophy. In the…
As India’s victory parade moved through the Marine Drive before reaching the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the humongous crowd that gathered on the streets matched the Arabian sea just across the road.Perched atop the ‘Champions’ bus, wearing a specially designed jersey, Rohit Sharma and his boys were visibly overwhelmed by the love coming their way…
Each and every member of India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad had overwhelm writ large on their faces as the open-top bus parade waded through a sea of crowd on the streets at Marine Drive in Mumbai en route to the Wankhede Stadium.While the social media was flooded with video clips of maddening scenes, one particular…
NEW DELHI: During the team’s felicitation ceremony at a packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, Virat Kohli shared a heartfelt moment with Rohit Sharma. In their fifteen-year-long association, Kohli had never witnessed “an emotional” Rohit until the Indian captain embraced him with tears in his eyes following the T20 World Cup victory.“This is the…
NEW DELHI: Tens of thousands of fans gathered at South Mumbai’s Marine Drive to greet India’s T20 World Cup-winning team during their victory parade. The open bus parade, delayed by a few hours, began at 7:30 pm. from the National Centre for Performing Arts in Nariman Point and proceeded to the Wankhede Stadium, a journey…
