Team India 'special' parade bus reaches Marine Drive ahead of procession
Mumbai: The victorious Indian cricket team has reached India after a long flight journey from Barbados to New Delhi, marking the end of a 13-year drought with their stellar T20 World Cup campaign.
Upon their early Wednesday morning arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, the team received a fantastic reception. The joyous faces at the airport greeted the players, who were then taken to a seven-star hotel. Following their arrival, the team met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
After the meeting with the Prime Minister, the team departed for Mumbai. An open-top bus parade is scheduled to commence from Nariman Point to the Wankhede Stadium in the afternoon. The parade will start at 4 PM, with the players expected to reach Nariman Point around 3:30 PM. A small ceremony will follow at the Wankhede Stadium.
The blue-colored bus, customized specially for the Indian team, features a picture of the Indian squad celebrating with the trophy and 'Champions 2024' written on top of it. The bus reached Marine Drive ahead of today's procession, reminiscent of the 2007 T20 World Cup celebrations.
#WATCH | Visuals of the bus that will be used in Victory Parade of #TeamIndia as it reaches Marine Drive#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/LRRpgDqkfI
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
