Celebrations erupt all over India as the cricket world cup comes home
On Saturday 2nd April 2011, tens of thousands of cricket fans from around the world turned to television screens and commentators as the World Cup Final unfolded at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Celebrations erupted all over the world as India won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 after 28 years. India became the first hosting team to win the cricket world cup with the finals played in the hosting country. The finals were watched by an estimated 1.2 billion people all over the world making it the largest single audience for any world final in any sport! There is no doubt that most of these audiences would have came from India’s cricket mad nation with a population of approximately 1.21 billion people!
Indians around the world celebrated the win from the UK, to Canada, to Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore. Scores of fans around the world celebrated the triumphant win by spilling into the streets waving the Indian flag, banging dhol drums, carrying posters and flamboyantly dancing to bollywood music and celebratory chants of ‘Chak de India’ meaning, “Go, India!” An unforgettable experience if you were lucky enough to have been on a holiday in India.
If you missed out on any of the celebrating, sit back and watch how it was done from around different parts of India and around the world:
India
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Delhi International Airport
Dubai
Singapore
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