India, Feb. 21 -- Like the pizza tosser, PE teacher, carpenter, banker and software engineer at the T20 World Cup, Sporting Club Delhi are a breath of fresh air in the Indian Super League (ISL). Like the Italy cricket team, they had two sets of siblings in 23-year-old twins Mohammed Aimen and Mohammed Azhar and Alex and Alan Saji.

The team of 20-somethings had stretched Bengaluru FC and even nosed ahead against East Bengal but like their first night in ISL, exuberance lost out to experience, resulting in a 1-4 defeat on Saturday.

Jay Gupta was caught out by Augustine Lalrochana and how. All of 21, the Delhi wing back turned the international left back inside out and fired a shot that arrowed into the bottom corner. Four minutes in, and ...