Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde hosted state cricketers featured in India's T20 World Cup 2024 team at his house in Mumbai on Friday, July 5. Maharashtra CM felicitated Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal for their roles in India's T20 World Cup glory and announced INR 11 crore prize money for the entire team.
Indian cricketers and fans celebrated the T20 World Cup 2024 success with a grand victory parade and a welcome event at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Eknath Shinde invited cricketers linked with the Mumbai Cricket Association and bowling coach Paras Mhambrey at Varsha Bungalow, the official residence of the Chief Minister of Maharashtra situated in the Malabar Hills area.
The Maharashtra government also invited cricketers at Vidhan Sabha in Mumbai to felicitate in front of the Legislative Assembly. Rohit Sharma received a warm welcome from members of Maharashtra's Legislative Assembly. The Indian World Cup-winning captain delivered a speech and thanked CM Eknath Shinde for inviting him and his teammates.
"A big hello to everyone, thank you CM sir for inviting us here," Rohit said. "He just informed me that this is the first event here and we are very happy about it. We players are also very happy after seeing it all in Mumbai yesterday. It was our 11-year-old wait for the World Cup, we last won the ICC trophy in 2013. I am very thankful to my teammates, not just Dube, Surya and Yashasvi but everyone who contributed to India's success. I was lucky to have such a team, everyone was solid in their efforts. Everyone stepped up when an opportunity arrived."
Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis praised Rohit for writing his name in history books.
"Rohit gave us good and bad news on the same day," Devendra Fadnavis said. "He won the T20 World Cup but also announced his retirement from T20 international format. His name is permanently etched in the history of Indian cricket."
