India, June 4 -- For Bengaluru-based folk-rock icon Raghu Dixit, today will forever be etched in memory - not just because Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) finally clinched their first IPL title after 18 seasons, but because he gets to be part of their victory celebrations at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium as a performer and, more importantly, as a lifelong fan.

"I mean I didn't watch the second innings, majority of it, because I was just so nervous and scared. Every time a wicket fell, I would watch the screen and celebrate and then move away," Raghu laughs over the phone, still buzzing from the high of RCB's historic win.

"So to be invited to perform at the victory celebration is going to be an incredible feeling. I mean we performed last...