A sombre mood enveloped the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday evening as players from Shreyas Iyer's Mumbai Falcons and Siddhesh Lad-led Maratha Royals came together to honour the victims of the devastating Ahmedabad plane crash. Prior to the T20 Mumbai League 2025 final, both teams observed a minute’s silence and sported black armbands as a mark of respect for the lives lost.

Tragedy struck earlier in the day when an Air India flight bound for London, carrying 242 people including crew members, crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The aircraft went down in a densely populated area, claiming over 200 lives, with only a single survivor rescued so far.

“In light of the tragic plane crash incident in Ahmedabad and in the spirit of solidarity and national sentiments, players from SoBo Mumbai Falcons and Mumbai South Central Maratha Royals, along with MCA officials, observed a minute of silence for the victims,” read an official statement from the league.