Bengaluru, Feb. 12 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Smriti Mandhana revealed some unheard stories of his early cricketing days, reminiscing how she got her first custom-made bat and what the moment meant for her.

Mandhana was speaking on the RCB's 'Bold & Beyond' Podcast.

"I remember I was in Meerut; that was the first place where I toured and my dad came with me because I was too young to go alone. My dad knew a bat company there that sent bats for him. They said, your daughter is using a big bat, let me make a specially curated bat for her and get it. It was a company, I think, named RS. I do not know if it even exists now, but that uncle was kind enough. I was very excited. I could not sleep," Mandhana told host Mayanti L...