Indian captain Rohit Sharma along with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah invited fans for the victory parade which is scheduled to take place in Mumbai on July 4 at 5 PM IST. The BCCI secretary Jay Shah has arranged a special flight for the Men in Blue which will also be carrying members of Indian media, who had gone to cover the tournament.
Team India to arrive in New Delhi
Rohit Sharma-led side will reach New Delhi from Barbados early morning on July 4 where they will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at PMO for breakfast. This is not the end of their plans as they will be flying to Mumbai afterwards.
India's victory parade in Mumbai
"The team has left from Barbados on a special Air India flight hired by the BCCI. The Indian journalists who were stuck there (Barbados) are also coming on the same flight along with BCCI president (Roger Binny) and secretary (Jay Shah), who are looking after all the arrangements," BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla told PTI.
"The flight will land at Delhi airport tomorrow 6 am. The team will meet PM Narendra Modi at 11 am at his residence. After this, the team will fly to Mumbai, where a ceremony has been organised.
"There will be a road show from Nariman Point in an open bus and later we will honour and felicitate the players with the prize money of Rs 125 crore as announced,” he added.
BCCI secretary Shah welcomed all fans to join the victory parade on Thursday evening.
"Join us for the Victory Parade honouring Team India's World Cup win! Head to Marine Drive and Wankhede Stadium on July 4th from 5:00 pm onwards to celebrate with us! Save the date! #TeamIndia," Shah wrote on 'X', formerly twitter.
Victorious India captain Rohit Sharma also took to social media to welcome the fans.
"We want to enjoy this special moment with all of you. So let's celebrate this win with a victory parade at Marine Drive & Wankhede on July 4th from 5:00pm onwards.
It's coming home," Rohit posted on 'X'.
Rohit Sharma-led India won the T20 World Cup defeating South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup on on Saturday at the Kensington Oval.
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