New Delhi: T20 World Cup champions Team India finally boarded a special charter flight on Wednesday afternoon after being stuck in Barbados for almost three days due to a hurricane beryl. After clinching a historic second T20 World Cup title on Saturday, the Men in Blue along with their families and some BCCI officials got stuck in Barbados due to the hurricane.
The Indian cricket board made a special arrangement for the victorious team’s homecoming after the airport got functional. The Indian team was earlier scheduled to depart on Monday but inclement weather conditions led to the delay after the Asian Giants ended a 11-year-old ICC trophy drought. Earlier on Wednesday morning, a video of the special Air India flight landing Barbados was viral.
Team India boards special flight
After couple of hours, flamboyant Indian left-handed Shivam Dube took to his Instagram handle to post an in-flight pic with the World Cup trophy, captioning the post as ‘Coming home with the special one’.
Skipper Rohit Sharma, who led the side to a fabulous victory and earned a lot of praise for it, also didn’t shy away from post his pic along with the trophy and his teammate Suryakumar Yadav on his Instagram handle.
CAPTAIN ROHIT SHARMA’S INSTAGRAM POST 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/epRSMgLbwk
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 3, 2024
The India team members with the entire crew were witnessed boarding the special flight as a video of them queuing up to enter the aircraft was also viral on social media.
T20I WORLD CUP TROPHY IS COMING BACK TO INDIA AFTER 17 LONG YEARS…!!!! 🇮🇳
– The Heroes will reach tomorrow. [Nikhil Naz] pic.twitter.com/3pk57TL7Oy
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 3, 2024
As per multiple media reports, the Indian team will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi after arriving in the national capital. The details and the entire schedule of the event is yet not out. After their Ne Delhi felicitation, the Men in Blue will travel to Mumbai where they will celebrate the World Cup win with the fans in an open bus victory parade.
Team India clinched the T20 World Cup title after 17 years as they beat South Africa by seven runs in an exciting summit clash on Saturday in Barbados. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
