Bengaluru Football Club (BFC) fans during the Indian Super League (ISL) match between BFC and Mumbai FC (MFC), at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, in Bengaluru .
| Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K
On February 15, as India and Pakistan faced off in a marquee T20 World Cup clash in Colombo, more than 11,000 football fans assembled at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium to watch Bengaluru FC begin its Indian Super League (ISL) campaign against Sporting Club Delhi.An India-Pakistan clash – however frequent and uncompetitive it may have become in recent times – generally brings the whole country to a standstill. But this unwritten rule did not apply to those thousands of boisterous, football-hungry fans who had converged in the heart of the city. Published - May 15, 2026 05:57 am IST
