With the Mumbai Masters not featuring in the final of the inaugural Indian Badminton League, the crowd at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium at the National Sports Club of India (NSCI) were not exactly torn between whom to support and whom to give a cold shoulder. As is the case with most of us, they went for the safest option: support the Indian if he was up against a foreigner.

Hyderabad Hotshots’ Goh V Shem and Wah Lim Khim celebrate their men’s doubles win over Markis Kido and Mathias Boe of Awadhe Warriors in the IBL final on Saturday. Pics/Suresh KK.