Aizawl FC- India's Very Own Leicester
Think of North-east India and what are the first things that comes to your mind? Rock and roll, scenic beauty, pretty women, and to some extent even football. In fact, Independent India’s first football captain, the man who was also the flag bearer for the Indian contingent in 1948 Olympics, Talimeran Ao, was from Nagaland. But inspite of this, teams from the north east have never ever come close to winning or even competing for the biggest honours in Indian Football( current avatar being I-League). But Aizawl FC are on the verge of doing a Leicester. And even if they somehow manage not to win the league next weekend, they have already created one of the biggest underdog stories in Indian sports history. 30 years back, Mizoram was not even a state. 15 years back, there was no individual from Mizoram who played professional football in India. And it was only in 2011 that Aizawl FC was reborn as a competitive team. If betting odds were common in India, before the start of thi