IANS
 
Kolkata, Mar 30: It was not a conqueror's homecoming, but former cricket captain Sourav Ganguly was on Friday accorded a surprisingly warm welcome at the airport here with fans loudly cheering him.

The scene at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport on Friday morning was in sharp contrast to the homecoming of the other members of Team India who returned empty handed from the World Cup. Most team members, who crashed out in the first stage and lost to minnows Bangladesh, reached their hometown in scattered groupings, trying to melt into the darkness.

However, Sourav's return was public and greeted with cheers.

After spending a night at London in his maternal uncle's house during his return from the Caribbean islands, he reached here at 5 am on Friday morning.

Dressed in a leather jacket and navy blue shirt, Sourav looked a shade tired as he hopped into his car and sped towards his residence in Behala in south Kolkata.