India, Oct. 7 -- Most experts, pundits, and cricket fans feel that Serum Institute's Adar Poonawalla's potential bid to buy Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the franchise which won the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2025, for an estimated $2 billion is because of its skipper Virat Kohli's charisma, recent success, and the general hoopla. This is not entirely true. In fact, they constitute a sliver of the real reasons. It was the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the apex cricket body, and wealthiest cricket association in the world, which was responsible for RCB's financial fortunes, and its vaulting valuation, which probably jumped multiple times in a matter of few years. Experts feel that as late as 2022 or 2023, no one would ha...