New Delhi, March 14 -- On a Monday evening in late February, the Women's Premier League featured its first-ever 'super over'-an additional over following a regulation tie to determine the winner. UP Warriorz won that match, defeating the defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their home turf by 4 runs.

The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was nearly packed, with 30,000 people watching the RCB versus UPW match, according to media reports. The WPL, started in 2023, isn't as popular as the men's version, the quick-format T20 Indian Premier League that has dominated Indian cricket since 2008. Women's cricket in India has been gaining momentum the past few years but doesn't enjoy the frenzied loyalty men's cricket does.

And yet RCB was abl...