The T20 World Cup-winning Indian team has departed for Delhi from Bridgetown, Barbados aboard a special chartered flight arranged by BCCI on Wednesday.
Trophy in hand, Captain Rohit Sharma shared a picture from the flight, captioning it, 'Coming home.'
The Air India's special charter flight AIC24WC -- Air India Champions 24 World Cup -- took off around 4.50 am local time and will land in New Delhi on Thursday at around 6.20 am IST.
The Boeing 777, which took off from New Jersey on July 2, landed in Barbados around 2 am local time and the airport staff stated that they had not seen a bigger plane land at the Grantley Adams international airport, which resumed its operations on Tuesday.
The Indian team is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra D Modi in New Delhi on Thursday morning before they leave for Mumbai, where an open-top bus parade is being planned for the T20 World champions.
'Rohit Sharma's victorious team will take a ride on an open-top bus in a parade from the National Centre for Performing Arts in Nariman Point to the iconic Wankhede stadium at 4 pm on Thursday evening, said a report in The Indian Express newspaper.
'The players are tired and are mentally fatigued. That is why it was decided to have a short open-top bus parade from NCPA, Nariman Point, to Wankhede stadium which is not more than 2 kilometres followed by prize distribution, where the Rs 125 crore prize money will be distributed by BCCI Secretary Jay Shah,' a BCCI source told the newspaper.
Ahead of their departure, the Board of Control of Cricket in India posted a video of the T20 World Cup trophy which the Indians will be carrying home following their victory against South Africa in the final in Barbados on Saturday.
'It's coming home,' BCCI tweeted.
