India, April 25 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have endured a forgettable season thus far in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They have lost their last five matches in a row and thus far have just one victory in eight matches. RCB are thus rock bottom in the league table with their chances of making it to the top four already fading. That would mean yet another year in which RCB, despite being one of the best supported teams in the league, possibly missing out on the IPL title.

Among the teams that have been around since the first edition of the IPL in 2008, only RCB and Punjab Kings are yet to win the title. And yet, it all just as easily could have been quite different very early in the history of the IPL for the team from Bengalu...