Yuzvendra Chahal gets felicitated by Haryana Government after T20 World Cup 2024 win

Yuzvendra Chahal. (Source – Yuzvendra Chahal)

India ended their 11-year-long drought for an ICC trophy after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on June 29. The whole of the Indian team remained unchanged for most of the tournament, barring Mohammed Siraj’s replacement by Kuldeep Yadav in the Super 8 stages of the tournament. With Kuldeep holding the reins of spin 5l department as Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja the other spinners, Yuzvendra Chahal failed to fetch a spot in the playing XI.

Chahal was another player along with Sanju Samson who did not feature in a single game in the tournament. But the contribution of an athlete is beyond the 22-yard pitch, as the spinner was seen accompanying players off the field. As he is rightly part of a champion side, he was felicitated by the Haryana Chief Minister, Nayab Singh Saini in a grand ceremony.

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“Was part of T-20 World Cup world-winning Indian cricket team and got to meet Yuzvendra Chahal, the son of the soil of Haryana. Yuzvendra Chahal has inspired countless youth of the entire country including Haryana to pursue cricket and make a career in sports. Congratulations and best wishes to him and the entire Indian team for this wonderful victory” wrote Saini in his congratulatory post on Instagram.

Here’s Saini’s latest post on Instagram:

Indian team lit up the victory parade in Mumbai

India team, after winning the World Cup, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4 at his residence in Delhi. On the same day, they travelled to Mumbai and took part in the victory parade before thanking the fans at the Wankhede Stadium. It is worth noting that, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their retirement from T20Is and will not be donning the blue jersey again in the shortest format of the game for India.