India, May 23 -- Earlier this week, at the third RCB Innovation Lab Indian Sports Summit in Bengaluru, Virat Kohli was the showstopper. As he inevitably has been at every event he has attended in the last decade, because such is his compelling pull, the sheer magnetism his personality portrays.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru know it better than most, of course, which is why they had scheduled his hour-long interaction with celebrated anchor and television personality Mayanti Langer right at the end of the day-long session. Several empty seats dotted the vast hall for some of the earlier sessions but as the clock slid closer to 4.30 pm, the audience trooped in organically. Even though it was strictly a by-invitation-only gathering, there was...