The Heroes Welcome @ Delhi

[Rajiv]

..in a chartered flight, they would be whisked off to a chartered flight str8 from Mumbai Airport Team would then goto Intercontinental Hotel and then to Firoz Shah Kotla, which is open to the public No Open Bus parade, which is understandable given the reputation of BlueLine bus drivers :haha:

[Holysmoke]

OK, and why is there a thread for that? :hmmmm2:

[Rajiv]

So we can talk abt what happened at the ceremony, share pictures and vids if possible ..to see what politician came before the players? and how delhi crowd treated out heroes etc PLUS: I don't even start 1% of the usual chu**ya threads around here ------------- Sachin was reluctant to go to Delhi, but he agreed at the end

[Rajiv]

..lol, asked a mumbaikar waiting outside the airport Are you disapponted that you are not able to meet the cricketers in that typical accent he said " bahut dijappanted hain lekin apan ko bhajji ko milne ka hain " ( the bhajji was more like pav bhaji )

[Predator_05]

IBN 7 pe dekh raha hai kya ?

[Desi Cartman]

whats the point of all this .. I know its a big thing but at the end of the day they won ODI series and its not like a WC

[Rajiv]

IBN 7 pe dekh raha hai kya ?

Headline news

[Rajiv]

whats the point of all this .. I know its a big thing but at the end of the day they won ODI series and its not like a WC

WC, World Cricket 1985. T20 ad CB Series Biggest ODI wins

[Rajiv]

Dhoni and Sachin, strongly against this haphazard arrangement The 2 hour kotla program reduced to 40 mins Still not sure Sachin will go

[Desi Cartman]

now I know why Aussie posters are missing , they are all in delhi waiting to cheer for India :icflove:

[Rajiv]

As fan, I am feeling tired for hem

[fineleg]

..lol, asked a mumbaikar waiting outside the airport Are you disapponted that you are not able to meet the cricketers in that typical accent he said " bahut dijappanted hain lekin apan ko bhajji ko milne ka hain " ( the bhajji was more like pav bhaji )

That was funny! :haha:

[Zakhmi]

Presently, the two U19 champs are in intercontinental hotel with Dhonians. Vijay Tilak has been done to senior Dhurendars and now the ceremony will go on.

[Zakhmi]

This is to correct the info. that the two U19 players are in the stadium waiting for their seniors, no one around them, simply dressed looking like a part of spectators. This is a sheer discrimination with them, they should have been brought alongwith or with their seniors at the same time. Virat and Sangwan are standing with public awaiting for the Dhonians.

[Zakhmi]

IKP wasn't there with the team to receive the cheque of Rs. 58 Lacs. I wonder, where was he?

[Feed]

Dhoni's warriors get tumultuous welcome in Delhi Thousands of frenzied fans cheer Dhoni's Devils for India's first-ever ODI series win Down Under. More... Dhoni's warriors return to rapturous welcome Press Trust Of India New Delhi, March 06, 2008 First Published: 10:27 IST(6/3/2008) Last Updated: 17:16 IST(6/3/2008) Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his young bravehearts, who created history by winning India's first-ever tri-series title on Australian soil, arrived to a tumultuous welcome in Delhi with hundreds of fans cheering the cricket team. The team, which reached Mumbai in the morning, flew into the national capital by a chartered flight at around 2.05 pm, marking the end of a three-month-long explosive tour which made more headlines for a racism row and the constant bickerings between the two teams. A few hundred fans waited outside the airport to have a glimpse of Dhoni and his young warriors who defied all odds to conquer world champions Australia with a 2-0 margin in the best-of-three tri-series finals. Top officials of the Cricket Board and the Delhi and District Cricket Association were present at the airport to receive the team. It was an emotional home-coming for the players as the waiting fans, many of them holding placards and the Tricolour, cheered them lustily as they came out of a Indira Gandhi International Airport terminal in a flower-bedecked bus. The frenzied media and the fans, however, could not interact and a have close glimpse of their heroes as the bus drove straightaway for the hotel without even stopping at the gate. Even the information of which terminal they are arriving kept on changing apparently due to security reasons and newspersons had to hurry from domestic arrival terminal to the cargo terminal of the IGI Airport at the last moment. The players, dressed in white T-shirts, acknowledged the cheers of the crowd as they jostled their way out of the airport with the help of securitymen who tried to cordon off the fans. Hordes of cameramen, who had taken up vantage positions much before the team's arrival, tried to capture the moment. It took some time for all the players and the support staff to board the bus and leave for a city hotel. Team manager Lalchand Rajput was the first to get down from the bus at the hotel, followed by Sachin Tendulkar and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. They were garlanded and showered with flower petals once they entered the hotel lobby. The team is being felicitated at a civic reception at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground. The players are being felicitated by, among others, BCCI chief Sharad Pawar and Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejinder Khanna. The BCCI had initially planned to take the team on an open-top bus from the airport to the Ferozeshah Kotla like they had done for the Twenty20 World Cup winning team in Mumbai last year, but cancelled the idea later. "The players have been in Australia for more than two-and-a-half months and will also be tired after the two flights. That's why we have not made any elaborate arrangements as the players will be eager to go home," BCCI Vice-President Rajiv Shukla said.

[zubinpepsi]

any pics or clips??

[cochise]

Rajeev, Can you post any vids in the vid sections of the coverage for us poor diaspora folks down under and elsewhere around the world?

[Chandan]

Rajeev, Can you post any vids in the vid sections of the coverage for us poor diaspora folks down under and elsewhere around the world?

I don't think there is anything worth posting here. It was a dreadful coverage with event managers shouting the players names, players collecting their cheques and flowers one by one, then taking a group photograph, boring speeches, and just two lines by Dhoni. Wonder how can the players keep their patience amidst so much of nonsense!

[cochise]

That sounds typical. Our event and media heroes back home sure know how to mess things up. Some things never change.