Looking at a favourite photo from Chennai on the Australian Cricket Tour To India 2004, the first thing that comes to mind today (May 2020) was a 'conversation' with an Englishman at Old Trafford during the Australian Ashes Cricket Tour Of England 2019.
Sitting down and getting my flag out, this bloke behind leaned forward stating;
"That flag better not touch me!"
"Yeah, I will do my best not to flick your eye out" I jovially replied.
"No, I'm serious. I do not want that flag touching me, you understand?!"
Not so jovially; "If it does somehow touch you, it is purely unintentional and I apologise in advance!"
"There will be no time for apologies if it does, I warn you."
"Something tells me you are at the wrong Old Trafford."
At which point his mate told him to settle and asked me to turn around and 'forget about him'. Talk about spoiling my day. #FootballHooligan
Back to the photo, as passionate and parochial as Indian spectators are, they also just want to have fun and often wave our Australian Flags as a gesture of good humour (or wont to get on TV).
Intent on enjoying what was a very tight Test Match way back then, not even the police minded leaning against the 'Boxing Kangaroo'.
It's part and parcel of supporting any game. You've got two teams, two sets of colours, two different flags, and if you don't respect the opposition's right to display their colours, you can't expect them to respect yours.
Without the opposition, there is no game! And wouldn't that be rubbish?!!