Indian cricket team’s victory parade to celebrate T20 World Cup triumph concluded at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, on Thursday night.
As a sea of people converged at Marine Drive to witness the parade, South Mumbai witnessed massive traffic snarls. At Churchgate, trains arriving on the Western Railway network and the sprawling Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus were crowded.
A huge number of people from various parts of the metropolis made their way to the southern tip right from the afternoon of the metropolis to watch the parade.
On Thursday, ahead of the Indian Cricket Team’s ‘Vijay Yatra’, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde instructed Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar to ensure proper crowd and traffic management.
The CM also asked the commissioner to make sure that there is no mismanagement of traffic or inconvenience to the Indian Cricket fans gathered at Marine Drive and Wankhede Stadium.
“Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has given directions to the Mumbai Police Commissioner to ensure that there is no mismanagement of traffic or inconvenience to the Indian Cricket Fans gathered at Marine Drive and Wankhede Stadium. Police are directed by the CM to ensure proper crowd and traffic management today at the marine drive and around,” as per the Maharashtra CMO.
With a historic victory in Barbados, India ended a 13-year ICC World Cup trophy drought. The Men in Blue crushed South Africa by 7 runs in a thrilling game.
76 runs by Virat Kohli helped India reach 176/7, while Hardik Pandya (3/20) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/18) assisted India restrict the Proteas to 169/8, despite Heinrich Klaasen’s 52 in just 27 balls. Bumrah, who got 15 scalps throughout the T20 World Cup tournament at an amazing economy rate of 4.17, got the ‘Player of the Tournament’ honours.