Hardik Pandya receives grand welcome on his first visit to hometown Vadodara as T20 World Champion

India's vice-captain for the T20 World Cup 2024 Hardik Pandya received a grand welcome back in his hometown Vadodara on Monday after he became a T20 World Champion. Pandya helped India end their 17-year-long wait of lifting a T20 World crown as he delivered some crucial performances both with the bat and with the ball in India's historical campaign in the USA and West Indies. 

Hardik, like the other Indian team members, received a rousing welcome when they reached India with a special show in Mumbai. He has now travelled back to his hometown Vadodara for the first time after the completion of the World Cup and has got a similar response to that of the Mumbai victory



parade.

In a video shared by Hardik on his social media, thousands of fans as far as the eye can catch, are seen on the streets of Vadodara to welcome their star cricketer back home. The cricketer was waving his fans in an open bus, wearing the Indian jersey and a beaming smile on his face. 

The bus travelled having the banner "Hardik Pandya - Pride of Vadodara", and commenced its journey from Mandvi, through to Lehripura Darwaja, Nyay Mandir, Fire Brigade Char Rasta, Dandiya Bajar Char Rasta, Maharani Nursing Home Char Rasta and end at Akrota Bridge Solar Panel. The Vadodara Police advised the commuters to use alternate routes to avoid traffic congestion during the bus march.