India shows its love to Rohit Sharma's T20 world champs

CHANTS OF MUMBAICHA RAJA KAUN? ROHIT SHARMA' REVERBERATED THROUGH THE ROADS

Their day started with breakfast at Prime Minister’s residence and ended among a sea of fans who brought the ‘Maximum City’ to a standstill as India’s T20 World Cup-winning cricketers beat the exhaustion of a 16-hour flight to enjoy a euphoric homecoming that resembled a giant street party.

Rohit Sharma and his men landed in the national capital on Thursday morning, expectedly weary as they were returning home five days after winning the trophy, thanks to a category 4 hurricane in Barbados.

But as they made their way out of the Indira Gandhi International Stadium in amid a steady monsoon drizzle, hundreds of fans were their to lift their spirits, chanting their names and waving the tri-colour.

So, it was hardly surprising that the energy caught on and was enough to keep them excited and awake through a gruesome day of travelling through two cities, felicitations, and the ride atop an open bus with thousands of camera phones aimed at their faces, trying to record their emotions for posterity.

“The huge turnout of fans to welcome us shows they were as desperate for this T20 World Cup title as we were,” said an exhausted but elated Rohit at the end of the victory parade in Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede Stadium, packed to capacity with fans who cheered their lungs out.