Watch | Here’s How Rohit Sharma’s Childhood Friends Gave Him a Grand Welcome Upon Return From WI

Team India's jam-packed celebration plan concluded with a lap of honour around the Wankhede Stadium boundaries. All of the players were happy and thoroughly immersed in the grandeur of the event held for them to bring home the T20 World Cup 2024. This came after Rohit Sharma led the Indian cricket team to win the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, beating South Africa in the finals on June 29, 2024. The captain ended India’s 11 years of ICC trophy drought. Fans were crazy when the Indian team did a bus parade at the Marine Drive.

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Rohit Sharma facilitated by his childhood friends after the T20 World Cup victory  

Mumbai burst into jubilant celebration as the Indian cricket team made their victorious homecoming after their spectacular World Cup victory. The public was enthralled with the team's bus procession and celebration at Wankhede Stadium, but one touching moment took centre stage after the parade. The internet has gone crazy over a touching video that shows the Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma's childhood buddies getting together to joyfully cheer him on.

Rohit Sharma's pals showed him their love and admiration in a heartwarming demonstration of childhood friendships and camaraderie, as they raised him into the air amid the crowd's joyful applause. Their happy reunion and jubilant backing of the cricketing legend summed perfectly the profound sense of camaraderie and pride that reverberates on such momentous occasions. His buddies' thunderous applause and sincere delight demonstrated the unbreakable friendship that had persisted from their early years.

It's also crucial to remember that after guiding India to victory in the ICC T20 World Cup, both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirement from Twenty20 international cricket. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli finish the format as the top two scorers, with 4,231 and 4,188 runs, respectively. With the retirement of these two superstars, India will now field a youthful team in the Twenty20 Internationals, with the Indian cricket team against Zimbabwe. Shubman Gill will be the captain of Team India throughout this series.