Watch: How Indian Team Celebrated T20 WC Win In Flight, Don't Miss Rohit Sharma
After a 3-day delay, the Indian cricket team finally managed to escape the hurricane-ravaged Barbados and fly home in a special flight arranged by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday. It took the team 16 hours to reach New Delhi, with the plane landing on Thursday morning at 6:00 AM IST. As the team busses took Rohit Sharma and his men to ITC Maurya hotel, the BCCI shared a video of the team's epic in-flight celebrations as they flew home from Barbados.
The video starts with skipper Rohit looking in the most funky mood ever. Rohit's antics on the flight left fans in splits. Here's the video:
Travelling with the prestigious on the way back home!
WATCH: #TeamIndia were in excellent company during their memorable travel day - By @RajalArora #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/0ivb9m9Zp1
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 4:30 am in the morning said, referring to India's last World Cup triumph which came back in 2011.
The side was unable to head back home immediately after the title win due to a shutdown forced by Hurricane Beryl in Barbados. They were cocooned in their hotel before the BCCI made arrangements for the special charter flight.
The Air India special charter flight AIC24WC -- Air India Champions 24 World Cup -- which left Barbados around 4:50 am local time on Wednesday arrived in Delhi at 6am (IST) on Thursday after a 16-hour non-stop