Two fans of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, trying to find their entry gate outside the New Chandigarh stadium, beamed a smile when asked where they were from. “Bihar,” they sang in unison, saying that he resides in their hearts. Metres away, a street vendor was sorting through his sack of duplicate kits, but the ask from the buyers was clear: “Sooryavanshi hai?” (“Do you have a Sooryavanshi one?”). If you looked around, pink and blue kits with the No.3 were in abundance, adorned by barely-off-the-ground toddlers and full-grown adults alike.
