Mumbai U-16 players at the international airport yesterday to receive the India U-19 World Cup team. Pics/PRADEEP DHIVAR

Among the numerous cricket lovers, who made their way to the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport last afternoon to witness the arrival of the Prithvi Shaw-led India U-19 World Cup-winning team, were a good number of young cricketers. The Indian team which won junior cricket's biggest prize in New Zealand on Saturday, arrived at 2.20 pm, but they only emerged from the terminal's exit door at 3.30 pm. The wait seemed endless for the young cricketers and fans, waiting to get a glimpse of Indian cricket's latest heroes, who then headed straight to the waiting team bus.