The Indian cricket team has finally landed in Delhi after their victorious 2024 T20 World Cup campaign. It was around 6:05 AM in the morning the the Air India flight carrying the T20 world champions landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. At around 7:00 AM, the Indian team, led by Rohit Sharma walked out of the airport and boarded their team bus. While other members of the team boarded the team bus first, it was skipper Rohit who walked out with the T20 World Cup trophy in his hand, leaving fans at the airport spellbound.

Hundreds of supporters, holding placards congratulating their favourites and waving the national flag, braved the weather to welcome the victorious side, which defeated South Africa by seven runs in the final in Bridgetown on Saturday last week.

“We have waited for this moment for the past 13 years. The team has made us proud by winning the World Cup,” a fan, who claimed to have been waiting since 4:30am in the morning said, referring to India’s last World Cup triumph which came back in 2011.

The journey home was not without its challenges, as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and their teammates were stranded in Barbados due to Hurricane Beryl until a special flight facilitated their return early Thursday morning. Scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in the day, the team is set to fly to Mumbai by 4:00 PM for a celebratory open-top bus parade starting at 5:00 PM from the National Centre for Performing Arts through Marine Drive to the Wankhede Stadium.

Their victory, a seven-run triumph over South Africa in the T20 World Cup final, marks India’s first world title since their 2011 World Cup win, and plans are in place for a grand felicitation event in Mumbai later in the evening.