Mumbai: The Family Sangeet celebrations of Anant and Radhika took on the high emotional notes of national cricket fervor when Nita Ambani called on stage and the whole gathering applauded the World Cup winning heroes – Captain Rohit Sharma, Surya Kumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya!

The whole audience comprising of the family, friends and guests attending the Sangeet function stood up, clapped and cheered loudly along with a visibly emotional Nita Ambani 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 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 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 relished the moments in the audience including Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Krunal Pandya, K L Rahul and all-time great Mahendra Singh Dhoni! Jasprit Bumrah, who was travelling, could not attend.