New Delhi, June 5 -- As the fireworks laced the night sky in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad on Tuesday night, there was jubilance as well as relief of a burden lifting off the shoulders of those who stuck with Royal Challengers Bengaluru for years. Chants of 'RCB, RCB' reverberated on the streets everywhere but they echoed even across living rooms all over India. Such had been the dedication of RCB fans that these chants had been heard even in random international matches, especially if their talisman Virat Kohli was playing. The win in Ahmedabad thus was more than a championship. It was a release, a reward, 18 years in the making. For much of their history, RCB fans had become something of a punchline in Indian cricket - the team with stars, not ...