Team India T20 World Cup Celebration Live Updates: Indian cricket team arrives at PM Narendra Modi’s residence | Cricket News
Indian Cricket Team T20 World Cup Victory Celebration Live Updates: The Indian cricket team has arrived at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian team touched down in New Delhi early on Thursday morning fresh from winning the T20 World Cup. The players were given a rousing reception at the IGI Airport, at the team hotel and on the way to the hotel.
Team India has a full schedule at hand today: after meeting PM Narendra Modi, they have a BCCI felicitation function at the Wankhede Stadium besides doing an open bus trophy tour in Mumbai.
In Mumbai, the traffic police has closed seven roads in South Mumbai for traffic while parking is prohibited on 10 roads. Scroll down for all vehicular restrictions in Mumbai.
Team India was stuck in Barbados because of a hurricane, but were flown out of the West Indies in a specially-arranged charter flight. Team India flew from Barbados to New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport in an Air India flight AIC24WC — Air India Champions 24 World Cup — that left around 4:50 am local time on Wednesday and arrived in Delhi at 6 am IST on Thursday after a 16-hour non-stop journey. Team India defeated South Africa by seven runs in the final in Bridgetown on Saturday last week.
Hundreds of supporters of Team India showed up at the airport in New Delhi holding placards and waving the national flag.
After the Indian cricket team is hosted for a reception by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital, it will head to Mumbai, where they are to participate in an open-top bus parade with the trophy. Two buses were stationed outside the T3 Terminal to ferry the players to their hotel, from where they will head to the Prime Minister’s residence at 9am tentatively for a reception.
Scroll down to follow Team India journey on Thursday as they travel from functions in New Delhi to felicitations in Mumbai
