India, June 1 -- For 18 years, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) were the butt of all jokes. The franchise had several star-studded players. Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Shane Watson, and Marcus Stoinis. You name it all. The who's who of cricket have played for the RCB in some season or another. But the trophy continued to elude the franchise, and Kohli even missed out on it in the 2016 season, when he smashed a record 973 runs. But Sunrisers Hyderabad's Ben Cutting emerged out of nowhere to take the trophy away from RCB's grasp.

However, Rajat Patidar's transition to captaincy has changed everything for the franchise. Under his tenure, the RCB have won back-to-back IPL titles. On Sunday night in front of the packed Nare...