Team India Victory Parade Highlights: Rohit Sharma's T20 World Cup winners felicitated, take lap of honour at Wankhede

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: The victory parade has been delayed due to heavy rain and traffic in Mumbai. Players haven't even got on the bus yet. Stay tuned folks! We need to be patient, this will take time! Fans are everywhere in Mumbai as they gear up to get a sigh of Team India!

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: Everyone will miss Rahul Dravid, who ended his India head coach tenure with the T20 World Cup. He didn't re-apply neither did he extend his contract.

In his final speech to the team, he said, "I am really short of words, but all I just want to say is thank you to everyone for making me a part of what is an incredible memory. I think all of you will remember these moments. I think, like we always say, it is not about the runs, it is not about the wickets, you will never remember your career. But you will remember moments like this. So let us really enjoy it. I could not be more prouder of you guys. To come back the way you did, the way you fought, the way we worked as a team, the resilience. There have been some disappointments over the years where we have come close, we have never been able to cross the line. But what this bunch of boys have done, what all of you have done, what everyone in the support staff has done, the hard work that we have put in, the sacrifices that we have made. You know, I think... the whole country is proud of each and every one of you and what you have achieved."

"Just like to say, Ro, thank you very much for making that call to me in November and asking me to continue. I think it has been such a privilege and a pleasure to work with each and every one of you and every one of you, but also to Ro, thanks for the time. I know as a captain and a coach, there are a lot of times we have to chat, we have to discuss, we have to agree. We have to disagree at times, but thank you so very much.

"Each and every one of us comes through a system. Each and every one of us comes through an organization that gives us the opportunities to grow and play. So thank you very much and well done for us," he added.

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: It has started to rain and there is massive traffic in Marine Drive right now. The victory parade is facing a bigger delay now folks! STAY TUNED! BUT IT IS FOR OUR NATIONAL HEROES! We last won a ICC trophy in 2013, and they ended the barren run with a dominant T20 World Cup 2024 campaign!

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: It will be an open-top bus parade and after players from Mumbai will meet Maharashtra CM. Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik told ANI, "Today's programme in Mumbai has been organised by BCCI. Team India players from Mumbai including Captain Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey and Yashasvi Jaiswal will come to the Maharashtra Assembly tomorrow to meet CM Eknath Shinde. Being a member of MCA, I invited the players and they have accepted my invitation."

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: There is extra security at Churchgate and other local railway stations in Mumbai due to tha victory parade. Taking to X, Western Railways wrote that the victory parade would coincide thousands of commuters working in South Mumbai, who would be returning to North Mumbai. It has been getting packed in Mumbai since afternoon as fans eagerly wait for Rohit Sharma and Co, who have already reached the city after their visit with PM Modi.

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: Before the T20 World Cup, Hardik was booed by fans, due to his shock transfer to MI, where he replaced Rohit Sharma as captain. But fast forward to today, he is a national hero as fans in Wankhede chanted his name, having booed him earlier during IPL 2024!

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have landed in Mumbai and are welcomed by fans and media, with rest of their Indian teammates!

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: The Marine Drive has become a sea of blue as fans have flocked there for the T20 World Cup title parade. Fans are eagerly waiting for Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and rest of their teammates.

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: According to reports, the victory lap is expected to start around 8:15-8:30 PM IST! LONG NIGHT AHEAD FOLKS!

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: The visuals from Wankhede Stadium show that it is packed outside and there is literally no space for anyone to walk!

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: The streets of Mumbai is packed, from Nariman Point to Wankhede, it is filled with people who are waiting for Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, and rest of the T20 World Cup title-winning team.

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: The T20 World Cup victory parade is scheduled for 5:00 PM, from Nariman Point. Stay tuned folks as the spotlight will be on the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: PM Modi took to X and wrote, "An excellent meeting with our Champions! Hosted the World Cup winning team at 7, LKM and had a memorable conversation on their experiences through the tournament."

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli met Prime Minister Narendra Modi after leading India to T20 World Cup glory. Rahul Dravid was also there with rest of the Indian team as they had a short interaction.

Team India Victory Parade Live Updates: A fan has been waiting for Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to arrive and lead the Indian team in their T20 World Cup victory parade. Here is what he had to say-

Team India Arrival Live Updates: Virat Kohli has posted a photo of the team and PM Modi posing with the T20 World Cup trophy. “What a great honour meeting our honourable prime minister shri narendra modi ji today @narendramodi Thank you sir for inviting us to the prime ministers residence (sic.),” he said in his caption.

Team India Arrival Live Updates: Still about half an hour left for the gates of the stadium to be opened and hours and hours to go before the Indian team arrives at the stadium and yet, there are crowds who have gathered right outside the stadium gates already. “Mumbaicha raja, Rohit Sharma!” chants everywhere.

Team India Arrival Live Updates: We are just posting all the advisories that the Mumbai Police has put out today. The police have advised that people use public transport as much as possible due to the possibility of traffic congestion.

Team India Arrival Live Updates: It is free entry at the Wankhede Stadium for the function that will happen after the Indian team's victory parade along the Marine Drive ends at the ground. The Mumbai police has said that the gates of the Wankhede Stadium will be open by 3pm. Spectators have been asked to take nothing with them in hand if they are entering the stadium though apart from flags. The road from NCPA to Wankhede Stadium will be completely closed to public traffic from 3pm to 9pm.

Team India Arrival Live Updates: Rohit was not with the rest of the Indian squad in the two buses at the airport. He arrived later in a separate car with BCCI president Roger Binny and secretary Jay Shah.

Team India Arrival Live Updates: We can see the open-top bus arriving at Nariman Point. Visuals show the bus driving past the Trident hotel on the Marine Drive. The hotel is a short walk away from Nariman Point. Meanwhile, the Indian players are at the Delhi airport.

Team India Arrival Live Updates: And finally we have images of how the team interacted with Prime Minister Modi. We can see mics being passed around which means we should soon have another video of this interaction itself.

Team India Arrival Live Updates: Right the players and coaching staff with their families are getting out of the buses now as their make their way into the Delhi airport. They are getting their luggage out as well. The team will be setting up camp at the Taj in Mumbai before going to Nariman Point.

Team India Arrival Live Updates: The players and coaching staff have picked their families from ITC Maurya and are now on their way back to the Delhi airport. It is raining on and off in the city and once again, their route to the airport has been cordoned off. The team will be going in through the VIP entrance of the Delhi airport which has been completely cordoned off.

Team India Arrival Live Updates: Right the team has filled up the two buses again. We can see BCCI officials like Jay Shah, Ashish Shelar and Roger Binny travelling with the buses separately in cars. The meeting with the Prime Minister is done, the team now goes back to the ITC Maurya from where they will leave for the airport shortly to catch a flight to Mumbai.