New Delhi, June 5 -- For a while, as Virat Kohli struggled in the middle on Tuesday, it looked as if Royal Challengers Bengaluru would be left to despair again in the IPL final. The run-rate wasn't where they would have wanted it to be, Punjab Kings were putting on the clamps and RCB's talisman was not able to get going. The wait, some dreaded with the RCB total on 125/3 after 14 overs, could continue. The cruellest cut in sport is to be within touching distance of the ultimate prize and then not win it. For RCB, it had happened thrice already, in 2009, 2011 and 2016. On each occasion, the cameras had zoomed in on Kohli. The expressions were a mix of dejection, disbelief and desperation - each feeling perhaps a reflection of where Kohli's c...