While Ambani was not even sporting a MI jersey, Mallya went a step ahead to show his support for his team by having a red stripe painted on his forehead.
The mood, the colour, the roads and the 55,000-seater DY Patil Stadium was painted blue. It didn’t matter if Mumbaikars got to know on a very short notice that their side was going to play the semifinal at home, not Bangalore.
On match-day, as far as one could see, blue and golden striped jerseys swarmed the sprawling complex.
Not that every Mumbaikar was happy; team leaders whose employees took an unexpected leave to watch their favourite team slugging it out would have been cursing the shift from Bangalore to Mumbai.
This was the story of a bunch of Mumbai Indians fans working at a BPO in the city. They skipped their regular shifts to catch the action live. The students of various colleges on the DY Patil campus were alienated in their own backyard!
But amid all this, the show-stopping moment came when RCB owner Vijay Mallya arrived. True to his flamboyant self, Mallya reached the stadium in a chopper that landed exactly at 6:30pm on the ground adjacent to the stadium.
Not to forget his elegance and luxury-oozing jet black Maybach which accompanied him to the ground. Surely, he proved himself to be the King of Good Times.
Meanwhile, as the action returned to the field, Mumbai Indians owner Mukesh Ambani was at his cheering best. Accompanied by the under-fire IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, every boundary was greeted with a tightly-clinched fist pump by the delighted owner.
Just as their teams, the owners too were as different as chalk and cheese.
While Ambani was not even sporting a MI jersey, Mallya went a step ahead to show his support for his team by having a red stripe painted on his forehead.
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