Sports News: Rohit Sharma Trophy Showcase, India Parade, PCB 2025, Stokes Statement, Messi, Gunok Save

The champion Indian men's cricket team, led by Rohit Sharma, on Monday night arrived in Delhi after lifting the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies. Greeted by huge numbers of fans, Rohit displayed the trophy. The team will stay at ITC Maurya with a meeting to follow with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Mumbai open bus parade will start rolling from the National Center for the Performing Arts and culminate in Wankhede Stadium on July 4, the day the Board of Control for Cricket in India will distribute the prize monies of Rs 125 crore.

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup champions, 2024, led by Rohit Sharma of Indian cricket, will celebrate on the streets of Mumbai on July 4 with an open bus parade followed by a function at the Wankhede Stadium. The team, coming from Barbados, will first reach Delhi in the evening and have an appointment with the Prime Minister, then leave for Mumbai. The parade will begin at 5 pm. IST from Marine Drive to Wankhede Stadium, culminating in a function where BCCI officials will hand over the Rs 125 crore prize money to the team.

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, on the sidelines of the T20 World Cup final in Barbados, has unveiled a tentative 2025 ICC Champions Trophy 15-match long programme. Taking place from February 19 to March 9, the venues for these matches are Lahore, Karachi, and Rawalpindi—with all of India's matches, including the knockout semifinal, in Lahore. The BCCI has not yet approved it. The security team of the ICC has been inspecting the grounds. A final decision on playing the series will be taken after the BCCI consults its government.

On new documentary series, England's Test captain Ben Stokes spoke about the 2023 Ashes series and, in the same breath, opening up that he thinks their performance is something that will stay with him even though they didn't win back the iconic URN. England's skipper has turned his dressing room focus to the meaning of the Ashes versus the trophy in wake of a weather-affected draw in the fourth Test at Manchester. Appeal sensational and lively, he added, with 'much bravura more to be recalled'. The tremendous challenge that are still lying ahead of the English men being to be competitive enough on big teams' homes.

After being marooned in hurricane-hit Barbados, the Indian cricket team led by Rohit Sharma is finally on its way back home with the T20 World Cup trophy. Good news comes with the departure of a special Air India charter flight arranged by Jay Shah, Secretary of BCCI, who would be touching Delhi on Thursday at 6.20 a.m. IST. Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav shared celebratory photos on Instagram. Team, support staff, families, and officials are on board. They would be feted by PM Modi, treated to a road show in Mumbai, and put an end to the drought of 11 years without a trophy.

The Indian cricket team was caught in the middle when another storm, Hurricane Beryl, left many stranded in the Caribbean after celebrating their T20 World Cup 2024 victory in Barbados. International flights were canceled, but that did not stop the efforts of Air India and BCCI officials, who organized a chartered flight to fly them and their families home. They would land in Delhi on Wednesday morning, meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and then continue to Mumbai for a celebratory open bus parade at 5 PM IST.

Lionel Messi will undergo a fitness test to determine if he features for Argentina in their Copa America quarter-final with Ecuador after sitting out their final group game due to a sore hamstring. Coach Lionel Scaloni has emerged from a training session to make the decision as to whether Messi will feature. Scaloni hinted at alternative strategies if Messi is unavailable, possibly starting with Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez as twin strikers. Ecuador's coach, Felix Sanchez, does not see Argentina changing their tactics, touting Messi's influence but says they are ready for anything.

Mert Gunok, Turkey's goalkeeper held his nerves with a priceless stoppage time save for a 2-1 victory over Austria in a pulsating Euro 2024 Round of 16 win, featuring as one of the great saves in European Championship history. Merih Demiral scored a very early goal for Turkey, but was later equaled by Michael Gregoritsch. Still, Demiral scored once again to keep his team ahead. Turkey progresses to the Berlin quarterfinal on July 7 against the Netherlands.