Dancin’ to the full house rock!

Finally the T20 World Cup came home on Thursday five days after beating South Africa in the final at Barbados Skipper Rohit Sharma outgoing head coach Rahul Dravid and the entire victorious squad arrived at the Wankhede Stadium a little before 9pm to loud cheers at the packed stadiumThe Mumbai crowd that booed Hardik Pandya not long ago during the Indian Premier League cheered for the India vicecaptain when Rohit spoke of the crucial final over of the final Pandya stood up and acknowledged the crowdAlso ReadIN PHOTOS Team India T20 WC celebration Team India arrives in Mumbai Victory Parade at Marine Drive soonIndiarsquos T20 World Cup champion team line up at the Wankhede yesterday PicGetty ImagesRohit dedicated this victory to the nation saying ldquoYes this means a lot to us but it is also for the entire nationrdquo Rohit preferred not to compare the victory parade of 2007 ICC World T20 to this latest one him being the only member to win two T20 world titles He was so pleased to bring back the World Cup to Mumbai the very venue where India won their last ODI World Cup in 2011That Rohit phone callIt was Rohitrsquos phone call to Dravid that made the pair do it together Dravid said ldquoI wasnrsquot really sure after 50over World Cup And for Rohit to say letrsquos have one more crack itrsquoll be lovely to have one more crack together I am truly grateful Itrsquos one of the best phone calls I have received in my liferdquo said DravidMan of the final Virat Kohli who was a member of the 2011 ODI World Cupwinning team saluted Jasprit Bumrah for his efforts in the last World Cup Kohli said ldquoA big thank you to all in the stadium What we saw in the streets I wonrsquot forget for the rest of my life What he Bumrah did in those last five overs was phenomenal a huge applause to Jasprit BumrahrdquoBumrah promised that he would not go the RohitKohliRavindra Jadeja way in quitting T20Is ldquoRetirement is a very long way awayrdquo he said The team were presented a cash award of R125 crore by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and did a lap of honour around the stadium to thank the supporters On a remarkable occasion to mark the Indian cricket team bringing home the T20 World Cup after 17 years on Thursday the sea of spectators that filled up Marine Drive well before the Indian team landed in Mumbai from New Delhi matched the volume of the majestic Arabian Sea adjacent to them A good three hours before Rohit amp Co could be sighted at the Wankhede Stadium the concluding point of their short openbus parade the stands at the historic venue were beginning to fill up with the vociferous Indian cricket fans sending the decibel levels high enough to reach the ears of the triumphant Indian team high in the skies as they were approaching Mumbai The enthusiasm of the Indian spectators and their patience should be appreciatedStadium gates shut earlyThe gates to the stadium were already shut as the stands were full except for the MCA Pavilion and the MCA Presidentrsquos Box They preserved their vocal chords for the moment the Indian team arrived and even as it rained for a brief while they did not move looking for shelter Instead they took it as a blessing from above It rained when Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys waded through the Mumbai roads from the airport to the Wankhede that day in September 2007 It rained on Thursday too