India, June 4 -- Over a year ago, when Andy Flower became head coach of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the team was still striving to overcome years of missed opportunities. The women's team had just lifted their maiden Women's Premier League title under Smriti Mandhana. However, rather than being under heightened pressure to deliver, Flower relished the challenge, indicating that it was among the major reasons he signed up for the role in the first place.

"It is one of the main reasons I wanted to take this job," he told Hindustan TImes last year. "It gives me a very exciting opportunity to see if we can do something special with RCB."

Flower was locked in on the title even before his RCB debut as head coach. And one year on, he delivere...