Indian Team Victory Parade Highlights: Jubilant Fans Celebrate With Emotional Rohit & Co In Mumbai

Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik says "Today's program in Mumbai has been organised by BCCI. Team India players from Mumbai including Captain Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey and Yashasvi Jaiswal wꦚill come to the Maharashtra Assembly tomorrow to meet CM Eknath Shinde. Being a member of MCA, I invited the players and they h🔯ave accepted my invitation

The celebrations are set to continue in Mumbai for the champion team! They'll be feted 𝓰by the BCCI at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, followed by a victory parade on an open-🌜top bus. They have left for the IGI Airport.

Fans have started arriving at Mumbai's Wankhede stadium as Team India is set to arrive in the city for their victory parade &a🐲mp; celebrations after winning T20I World Cup

The double-decker, open top bus that will parade the triumphant Indian team from Marine Drive to Wankhede ꦕstadium has arrived, and eager fans are waiting with bated breath for players to arrive.

All local trains headed in the general vicinity of Wankhede Stadium are packed like sardines, as the air is ripe with anticipation of the Indian men's cricket team. Meanwhile, it is pouring down at Wankhede 💙Stadium, but fans are not to be discouraged by that as they arrive at the venue, where 🧸entry is free.

If you are in Mumbai today, do take note of this: M🦹uꦑmbai traffic police has banned the parking of vehicles from morning to night on 10 roads, that are close to the victory parade route. Here is the list of all the roads:-

Veer Nariman Road, NS Road, Free Press Marg, Madam Cama Road, Dinsha🐷w Vacha Road, Maharshi Karve Road, Barrister Rajni Patel Marg, Ramnath Goenka Marg, Vinay K Shah Road and Jamnalal Bajaj Marg.

The Indian team has finally landed in Mumbai, according to an Indian Express report. Wankhede Stadium is fully packed꧒, and so is Marine Drive where fans have gathered in droves to watch their heroes parade the streets in a double-decker bus.

We are well past the𝄹 scheduled time for the commencement of the victory parade. The Indian team's arrival in Mumbai was delayed, and the bus that will ferry them is reportedly yet to pick them up amid heavy traffic.

Even as the wait continues for the Indian team's victory parade, Mumbai Police has posted on X (formerly Twitter): "D🦩ue to the heavy rush of fans around Wankhede Stadium for the Victo🍰ry Parade of the Indian Cricket Team, citizens are requested to avoid commuting towards Marine Drive."

The team should reach Mari♒ne Drive anytime now, and the victor𒊎y parade will then commence from Marine Drive. The open-top bus is at the NCPA, awaiting its champions.

The moment has arrived. The Indian cricket team has hopped on the open-air double-decker bus at NCPA for thei🐈r victory parade. Incredible visuals coming through as thousands crane their necks to catch a glimpse of their beloved stars with the trophy.

The Indian players and head coach Rahul Dravid appear nearly as animated on board the bus top, as they did after the final was won. Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma are pum♚ping fists, and the crowd is going delir🌟ious. The party will continue late into the night.

The open-air bus ferrying the triumphant Indian team has reached Wankhede Stadium af🐼ter a grand parade through Marine Drive. The players will now be feted at the iconic stadium, where thousands of fans are waiting.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma takes the mic upon entering Wankhede Stadium. "Mumbai never disappoints. T♏he huge turnout of fans to welcome us shows they were as desperate for 🌠this T20 World Cup title as we were," he states. 

"💝I am going to miss this love. What I saw on the streets tonight, I won't forꦛget it," says outgoing India head coach Rahul Dravid.

It is now Virat Kohli's turn to speak a few words. "I ♚couldn't connect with the emotions of the seniors, who cr🐷ied that night (after the 2011 ODI World Cup victory), but now I do," he says.

"What I saw today, I have never seen anything like this," gushes Plꦚayer Of The Tournament Jasprit Bumrah after the rousing reception at Delhi airport, Marine Drive and Wankhede🥀 Stadium.

Calling teammate Jasprit Bumrah a "once-in-a-generation" bowler, V🐟irat Kohli says at the Wankhede Stadiܫum: "I'll sign the petition for Jasprit Bumrah to be the eighth wonder of the world right now."

"India, you mean the world to me! From the bottom of my heart, thank you for all the love.. these are moments that I will never ever forget! Thank you for coming out to celebrate with us, despite the rains! We love you so much! Celebrating with you is why we do what we do! We’re all champions! All 1.4 billion of us! Thank you Mumbai, thank you India," Hardik Pa𒐪ndya's post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) reads.

Here's what Kohli had to say on the significance of this triumph. "Rohit and I, we've been trying this for so long. We always wanted to win a World Cup. Bringing the trophy back to Wank💖🐽hede is a very special feeling. We have been playing for the last 15 years and this is the first time, I've seen Rohit so emotional - he was crying, I was crying, a hug between both of us - I will never forget that day."

Now this is what truly epitomizes the power of sport. Barely a month ago, Hardik Pandya was getting booed at Wankhede Stadium and elsewhere by 🌃Mumbai Indians fans for having replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain for Indian Premier League 2024. And now, having helped India lift the T20 World Cup trophy, his mere mention from Rohit elicits thunderous cheers. "Hats off to him to bowl that last over. No matter how many runs you need, there's always so much pressure to bowl🃏 that over. Hats off to him," says Rohit before the Wankhede crowd starts chanting "Hardik! Hardik!".

Shah Rukh Khan tweets: "Seeing the boys so happy and emotional fills my heart with pride…. As Indians this is such an amazing moment - to see our boys take us to suc🧜h great heights!!! Love u all my Team India… and now dance away all night l🏅ong. Boys in Blue take away all the blues!"

With that, we conclude our coverage of the Indian team's grand reception after winning the ICC T20 World Cup trophy for the first time in 15 years. We will be back with 💃live updates from the Zimbabwe tour and other key sports events. Until then, goodbye.