Team India: Air India flight carrying Men in Blue with T20 World Cup trophy becomes most-tracked flight

BCCI secretary Jay Shah arranged a special Air India chartered flight for team India.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah arranged a special Air India chartered flight to bring them home (Image source: @BCCI/X)

On June 29, India lit like Diwali as Men in Blue lifted the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy after defeating South Africa by seven runs in the final match. However, team India was left stranded in Barbados due to Hurricane Beryl until the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah arranged a special Air India chartered flight to bring them home.

Fans rejoiced after the news broke, triggering a celebration across social media platforms. Amid the ongoing exhilaration, an X handle @flightradar24 revealed that the flight carrying the T20 World Cup-winning team became the most-tracked flight. “After being our most tracked flight for much of the last 15 hours, India’s World Cup champion cricket team is less than an hour from landing in Delhi,” the handle wrote on X.

The screenshot attached to the post displayed the flight details.

Take a look at the post here:

After being our most tracked flight for much of the last 15 hours, India’s World Cup champion cricket team is less than an hour from landing in Delhi. https://t.co/kfHwPcv6yZ pic.twitter.com/STzM9B4sOT

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) July 3, 2024

The post garnered several reactions. A user commented, “Congratulations again on a well deserved victory. Legends!” Another user wrote, “Champions are at Home.”

“Someone followed champions for quite some time,” a third user said.

Early morning on Thursday, thousands of fans gathered at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport to welcome team India. In one of the viral videos, captain Rohit Sharma was seen displaying the T20 World Cup trophy to the huge crowd at the airport.

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The T20 World Cup 2024 started on June 2, 2024, with a match between neighbours USA and Canada. The tournament ended with the final match between India and South Africa at Barbados’ Kensington Oval stadium.

First uploaded on: 04-07-2024 at 15:59 IST

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