PTI
Mumbai, Sep 27: All the players of the triumphant Indian cricket team were given cash reward of Rs 80 lakh each by the national cricket board here on Wednesday.
Yuvraj Singh, who hit six consecutive sixes in an over against England, was given an additional Rs one crore for the feat while BCCI Vice-President Lalit Modi presented him with a Porsche sports car.
Maharashtra Government also presented the team with a trophy at a public felicitation organised jointly by the BCCI and the state administration at the Wankhede Stadium here.
Neosport presented pacer R P Singh with a Mercedes car while the cricket board presented cheques of Rs 15 lakh each to the support staff in recognition of their contribution in the team's victory.
Each playing member of the 15-strong team was given a cheque of Rs 80 lakh by BCCI president Sharad Pawar who.
"We are felicitating the young team who have done the country proud by playing magnificent cricket as one unit to win the World Twenty20 Cup," said Pawar at the felicitation function watched by 35,000 people in inclement weather.
Praising Dhoni's leadership skills both in English and Marathi, Pawar said, "The young team was led extremely well by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The BCCI is extremely proud of the young brigade which has brought a new dimension to Indian cricket."
He said the rapturous greeting accorded to the team was reminiscent of a similar welcome when Ajit Wadekar's team had returned after creating history by winning a Test series in the West Indies for the first time in 1971.
"Cheque" de India !