Lucknow/Chennai, Sept. 28 : Thousand of City Montessary School students took out a victory march here on Thursday to mark Indian team's win at the Twenty20 cricket World Cup.

Holding banners and placards, they cheered Team India on their outstanding performance.

Some students donned the "sky blue" colours of the national side.

In Chennai, cricketer Dinesh Karthik was felicitated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.

"If you can work hard and put up runs on the board, do well for India, and then you get rewarded by the Tamil Nadu Government, it's a fantastic feeling," Karthik said after receiving a cheque that made him rich by 500,000 rupees

India beat Pakistan by five runs in a thrilling final in Johannesburg on Monday, a victory to compare with their 1983 World Cup final win over West Indies.

Most of new look young squad for the Twenty20 championship will return to the team for the seven-match one-day series against Australia starting on Saturday (With inputs from ANI)