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Home | World Cup | Gallery	March 25, 2003

			Indian team returns
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Sourav Ganguly, skipper of the side that finished runners-up at the cricket World Cup 2003 in South Africa, is surrounded by policemen as the team arrives at the Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport in Mumbai on Tuesday morning.

Man of the Tournament Sachin Tendulkar being driven off in his car after arrival at the Mumbai international airport.

Fast bowler Zaheer Khan and all the other members of the team were given a traditional welcome at the airport.

Policemen clear a way for opening batsman Virender Sehwag, the hero of the lost cause in the final, as he boards the team bus.

Standby wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel, who turned 18 during the World Cup, but did not get to play a single game, handles his own baggage as he heads for the team bus.

Win or lose, there is always a good deal of support for the Indian cricket team.

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh celebrates the wicket of Gilchrist.

South African dancers welcome the crowd at The Wanderers.

Harbhajan celebrates with team mates after taking the wicket of Matthew Hayden, caught behind by Rahul Dravid for 37 runs.

Ricky Ponting played a captain's innings. He scored 140 runs in 121 balls, which included 4 boundaries and 8 very huge sixes.

Ponting waves to the crowd after scoring his century.

Glenn McGrath is mobbed by his team mates after he caught Sachin Tendulkar off his own bowling for four.