Mumbai (Maharashtra): The Sangeet celebrations of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant witnessed a pool of emotions running through the atmosphere as Nita Ambani called T20 World Cup winning heroes - Captain Rohit Sharma, Surya Kumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya on stage and the whole gathering applauded the cricketers.
The whole audience, consisting of the family, friends and guests attending the Sangeet function stood up, clapped and cheered loudly along with a visibly emotional Nita as she explained how this win is so personal for her since the three stalwarts are also part of her Mumbai Indians' family.
Reliving the excitement of the much-awaited world cup final win as well as the thrilling last over of the match, Nita Ambani mentioned how the nation watched it with bated breath and with hearts in their mouths as the Indian team carved victory out of a nearly impossible situation.
She echoed the people's sentiment around Hardik Pandya, who bowled the last over of the T20 World Cup final, aptly through her comment, that "Tough Times don't last but Tough People Do!"
Mukesh Ambani echoed the sentiment as he congratulated the cricketers for making India proud. He mentioned how it took him back to the feeling of the last Indian World Cup win of 2011.
Several Mumbai Indians teammates and other India cricketers including Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Krunal Pandya, KL Rahul, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Jasprit Bumrah could not attend the ceremony.
