Mumbai's veteran hockey coach Marzban Patel, who was conferred the Dronacharya Award (Lifetime) by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind in a glittering ceremony at New Delhi on Thursday, arrived in the city to a rousing reception from his wards.

Patel, 69, fondly known as Bawa, said he felt like Sachin Tendulkar. His wards received him with placards and garlands at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport yesterday.