Mumbai emerges in event for Team India’s T-20 World Cup triumph

Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Lakhs of Mumbaikars gushed into a perky event of ‘Team India celebration’ together with the beaming Men In Blue T-20 World Cup victors here on Thursday night. Much before the staff member landed in a Vistara flight from Delhi, countless individuals had actually collected outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), the whole roadway from the airport to Nariman Point and likewise the 1.8-km long path to the Wankhede Stadium. As the clock checked off, the crowds swelled into lakhs, lining up outside the CSMIA and on both sides of the roadway, with a sea of humankind at Marine Drive, hardly a couple of feet far from the Arabian Sea coast, waving the Indian Tricolour, bring congratulatory placards for Team India or among their preferred icons. The state of mind of individuals was as intense as the skies were mournful with dark monsoon clouds threatening to shower the crowds anytime however thankfully, there were just periodic light showers that did not really moisten the general public interest. The crowd shouted mottos like ‘We Love You, Team India’, ‘Team India Zindabad’, ‘Mumbaicha Raja, Rohit Sharma’, and more at different places en path, marking the happiness as the World Cup concerned India after a space of 17 years after 2007. The events uncorked right at the CSMIA tarmac with a Guard of Honour at the airside, and Follow Me vehicles accompanying the group airplane to the airport stand, where it was accorded an unique ‘Water Salute’. Afterwards, the group and accompanying authorities alighted from the airplane, rapidly strolled through the Indian Tricolour curtained aerobridge, as they were welcomed with a flower waterfall showered on them in the arrival passage. The CSMIA had actually attentively rolled out the red carpet for the Men In Blue, followed by a celebratory cake-cutting event at the terminal embellished with tones of the tricolour. The staff member rode in magnificently embellished buggies to 2 waiting gleaming white buses, and outside there was the deafening cacophony of the conventional Maharashtrian dhol-tasha, tutari and lezim, making the arrival really grand and a sight of nationwide pride and joy. The CSMIA’s leading management felicitated the staff member and accompanied them with thunderous cheers outside, where more individuals were waiting to provide a grand reception and hearty welcome. As the crowd kept rising, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde spoke with the Commissioner of Police Vivek Phansalkar to guarantee complete safety measures, while Deputy CM Deven
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