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The Memoir Of An RCBian!

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 2008 was a simpler time. India had just won that T20 World Cup in a heroic fashion and there was this businessman who came up with a billion dollar idea called the IPL which was a global cricket and bollywood orgy. As fans, you could support any team by applying whatever criteria - it could’ve been your favourite player, favourite celebrity, or even your childhood crush’s hometown! Some got the ethnic bug and decided to support their home city. While it worked out well for some, some ended up at the wrong end of things. More precisely, they ended up being residents of Bangalore and hence fans of this godforsaken team called Royal Challengers Bangalore (pronouns: we/our/us/shit/f*ck) Dunno About Political correctness, But at this point winning is the royal challenge! Getting trolled wasn’t new for us because we went in with a Test team first up with Local boys Dravid and Kumble, Kallis, Steyn and few others. The team also had a certain Virat Kohli, a brash Delhi batter who had just won