Raina,Piyush accorded a warm welcome

“ People visited our place till late in the evening. I was very happy to see that Suresh met all the visitors with great humility and gave autographs to his fans very happily. My mother Parvesh Raina welcomed him with the Tika. Since then laddoos and burfis are doing the rounds.”

“Raina is extremely happy to be part of Team India which won the World Cup. Now in order to be with his IPL team,he will be leaving home by Wednesday evening,” Dinesh said.

Dinesh informed,“In the morning,Rajnath Singh of the BJP also visited our residence. He said that the country is proud of the team’s performance in the World Cup.”

Raina’s coach Deepak Sharma said that he told Raina after the final that as a coach he was very delighted to see his trainee carry Sachin Tendulkar on his shoulders after the victory. Raina said that Sachin deserved the honour.

Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla was also accorded a warm welcome on his return to his home at Moradabad on Monday. Soon after meeting the well-wishers,Piyush took out time to enjoy with his friends. “He will be leaving Moradabad by tomorrow in order to prepare for the upcoming IPL,”informed Piyush’s mother Poonam Chawla.