India on Sunday knew no bounds in celebrating the triumph of its Men in Blue as the joyous country showered them with praises and awards. At 10.49 last night, the country erupted into unprecedented celebrations after Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team won against Sri Lanka in the nail-biting title clash.
As captain Dhoni made amends for his poor form hitting the winning runs off Nuwan Kulasekara with a six, it was a dream comes true for the Indian team, who had worked hard to achieve the feat, and the country that waited for 28 years for the Cup to return.
Emotional and poignant scenes unfolded at the renovated Mumbai's Wankhede stadium as the players hugged each other and fireworks lit the night sky with the cricket crazy country breaking into instant festivities.
A normally reserved Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who said the victory of the Indian team "will be etched in gold for generations to come", came out on the streets of Delhi joining thousands of fans in the hour of glory. A beaming Gandhi popped out of her sports utility vehicle, standing on the seat with one leg on the door and waved the national flag.
She shook hands with the fans and displayed Victory and thumbs-up signs, drawing lusty cheers from the crowd around on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg near the busy ITO crossing at around 11pm.
She told the fans that the Indian cricket team has done the country really proud by winning the Cup. The fans responded to her by chanting "India-India" and "Vande Mataram".
Our salutations to Dhoni & his crew.
