"It took a while for a crowd to gather, but when they did, it was pure
carnival time. A sea of yellow and blue flooded across the stadium, and
frenzy was reached when a band piped near the press box. In no time,
trumpets, bugles and drums meshed brilliantly with claps and cheers. The
high point was when some Indian fans, the tri-colour draped around their
shoulders, joined in with the Sri Lanka posse, led by the fanatic Percy
Abeysekara - and the brass band started playing the evergreen Hindi hit
tune, 'Yeh dosti, hum nahin thodenge' ['This friend****p, we will never
break']. Camaraderie doesn't get better than that, never mind that Sri
Lanka were thumping India on the field."
-Matsya
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