“It is about celebrating the thing (the team, the place or the adversity) that brings all these people, from completely different walks of life, together in pursuit of a common goal – the ‘us’.” “Chanting at football is all about identity creation,” states Lawn. Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul exchanged shirts after a game between their franchises and the latter suggested, “It will be nice to collect some jerseys and bring that tradition to cricket as well.” Aditya Tare termed his winning six against Rajasthan Royals as the equivalent of a ‘golden goal at a FIFA World Cup’.Ĭhants however, have the ability to form a unique emotional connection between the teams and those supporting them. Virat Kohli has taken to tapping the RCB badge on his shirt after scoring fifties. Over the course of its history, IPL has had plenty of references to the other 11-a-side sport. The best chants are unique to a moment in time, which you can’t create in a corporate boardroom.” “It needs to come from the fans and not be manufactured, or it smacks of being inauthentic and sterile.

“Chanting has to be contextual and organic,” Andrew Lawn, author of the book ‘We Lose Every Week: The History of Football Chanting’ tells The Indian Express. It was rather another English chant, so alien to the players and the support staff that it had to be sung with a constant eye on the lyrics. The KKR players didn’t sing Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo, perhaps the most commonly hummed IPL team song since season one with largely hindi lyrics and a Bengali chorus. An eyebrow raiser however, was the fact that all the songs weren’t the ones commonly associated with the respective franchises. So did Kolkata Knight Riders, featuring team owner Shahrukh Khan. Sunrisers Hyderabad posted a similar video after their first win of the season. RCB weren’t the only ones to do so in IPL 2023. A sport heavy on songs and chants, from the fans and the players. The dressing room celebrations at the Chinnaswamy Stadium felt like a page out of football. From RCB, I am proud to be.” The rest of the players would join them for the whole bit followed by loud RCB chants in sync with claps. Off they went again, “ A finer team there’ll never be. I think it’s quicker,” Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis halted for a moment and explained to his teammate, David Willey the precise pace for a bit during the team’s song. A finer kit you will never see….like you’ll never see.

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