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Birmingham: Indian players let their hair down after the Champions Trophy triumph as the young brigade partied till wee hours of Monday.Champagne overflowed and the players danced to the latest Hindi and Punjabi pop numbers sooner than they returned to their hotel on Birmingham’s upmarket Broad Street late in the evening.The Indian team management lifted its “curfew” hours and let the players enjoy themselves to their fullest. Virat Kohli led the celebrations as the rest of India’s young brigade joined in.Team manager Ranjib Biswal said: “We let the boys have some fun. We had generally kept ourselves away from public eye and concentrated on cricket, but Sunday night belonged to the boys. They won a terrific final and deserved to let their hair down.” The Indian team will be travelling to the West Indies on Wednesday for the tri-series. “There is no time pressure on the boys now. They will relax till they go to London to catch their flight,” said Biswal.The absence of senior players in the squad, skipper Mahendra Singh is the senior-most at 31, let the young players have some “extra fun”.“But no girlfriends were allowed,” a team source informed.Biswal said the young Indian players loved to party. “This victory was quite special after India lost the Test and ODI series against England in 2011. There was a lot of hurt and the boys didn’t forget that,” he said.Shikhar Dhawan was a star performer for India.The left-handed opener was adjudged the Player of the Tournament for finishing the tournament with 363 runs from five matches, including two centuries and one half-century. He averaged 90.75 at a stunning strike-rate of 101.39. “God has blessed me. This award is more special because I had waited for this opportunity. I was sad that I wasn’t getting a chance but never doubted my abilities,” Dhawan said.Dhawan’s moustache was a ‘style statement’ of the tournament. Several Indian fans, including two-year-old kids, dressed up with colourful moustaches. Dhawan said he “loved” his style and called moustaches “an Indian thing”.
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