Mumbai, July 4 (Agency) Thousands of Mumbaikars accorded a grand welcome to Team India which reached Mumbai on Thursday evening after winning cricket’s T20 World Cup. The roads from Nariman Point to the Churchgate were chock-a-block with fans, and the Wankhede Stadium reverberated with thunderous slogans and cheers of supporters eagerly waiting for their heroes since afternoon.
After landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, the Team India’s Vistara flight from New Delhi to Mumbai was accorded a ‘water salute’ in celebration of the T20 World Cup victory. From there, the victorious cricket team members proceeded to south Mumbai for a victory parade atop an open-deck bus, specially brought here from Gujarat.