As Australia dominated India in the field on day two of the ongoing fourth and final Test, the tourists' fan in the host country dominated the stands with their 'Swami' army at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
At lunch on day two, the Swami army collided with 350 Richie Benauds and hundreds of cricket fans dressed in beige and blue danced to the beat of a 'dhol' and chanted 'Koi Kahe', a Bollywood song about coming of age.
One of the Swami army's founding members, Advait Guntereu, said that he remembers the Adelaide Test in 2003 when they got abused and beer was thrown at them, adding that it has changed a lot since then, Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The Swami army now has 5,000 members across Australia.
Another member, Swami Anoop Kalra said that they got so sick of seeing all the Indians separated at Test matches, so they decided to formalize it, to try and bring that Indian diasporas together and bring in some entertainment.
Kalra claimed that they are just as Australian as they are Indian, adding that they love getting there early in the morning and singing both the Australian and Indian anthems with passion.
The Swami army would be again seen united with the Benauds on Thursday for the third day of the Test, the report added.
