Adelaide: The transformed scenarios in India and Pakistan’s cricket can be gauged by the corresponding changes in their premier fans — Sudhir Gautam Chaudhry and Pakistan’s senior citizen fan Chacha Cricket (Abdul Jalil Chaudhry). Their similar surnames are only the tip of this iceberg of coincidences.

Left: India fan Sudhir Gautam Chaudhry with his new ‘Miss U Tendulkar’ body paint at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday; Right: Pakistan’s new Cricket Chacha, Mohammad Basheer, who hails from Chicago, at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Pics/Ashwin Ferro