Ambani family honours Rohit, Suryakumar and Pandya for T20 World Cup triumph
The celebrations are on all over the country for India’s T20 World Cup 2024 triumph as the Men in Blue have returned home with the trophy. After a day full of festivities in Delhi and Mumbai on Thursday, India captain Rohit Sharma was further honoured by the Ambani family during the Sangeet ceremony of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant.
The Indian skipper attended the event along with teammates Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya on Friday, July 5 as the trio looked dapper in respective attires. In a viral video, the India stars were honoured by their MI owners Nita and Akash Ambani as all the guests stood up and expressed their gratitude to the players with a special gesture. A sense of patriotism pervaded in the entire hall as everyone put their arms in the air and swayed them from left to right to the beats of the song ‘Lehra Do’.
Notably, all three players played a pivotal role in team India’s triumphant campaign. Rohit finished as the second-highest run scorer of the tournament as he gave explosive starts to the team. The opening batter scored 257 runs from eight innings at an average of 36.71 and a strike rate of 156.70 with three fifties to his name.
Hardik shined with both bat and ball scoring 144 runs from six innings at an average of 48 and a strike rate of 151.57 registering one half-century. His highest score of the tournament came against Bangladesh in the Super 8 stages when he scored an unbeaten 50* (27).
With the ball, the right-arm seamer picked up 11 wickets from eight innings at an average of 17.36 and an economy of 7.64. The 30-year-old saved his best bowling performance for the final picking up 3/20 in three overs. On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav finished as the second-highest run-scorer for India with 199 runs from eight innings at an average of 28.42 and a strike rate of 135.37 with two fifties
