An old rivalry is playing out on a TV screen when we walk into Aawara Hoon, a watering hole that's slap bang in the middle of Linking Road, opposite Vijay Sales. India is playing Pakistan in the Asia Cup, and two groups of men on different tables have their eyes glued to the action. Ironically, it's ladies' night. But there are no women, yet, to avail of the free drinks.

That's the sort of joint that this place is. It's not where a man would want to take a date to. So it's not going to attract that sort of clientele that all the hip Bandra bars in the vicinity will. But neither is it a no-nonsense dive that, say, The Yacht is. And therein lies the problem with this pub. It's a bit-and-pieces cricketer that's neither a bowler nor a batsman.