In October 2022 when the Senior Women's T20 tournament was underway in Bengaluru, Royal Challengers Bangalore Director of Cricket Operations Mike Hesson shared a picture on Instagram saying, "our scouts are in the house. We don't ignore."
At that point, nobody knew that the Women's Premier League would be launched within months. But RCB were making sure they were prepared for any possibility of it. And when the time came, they went all out to acquire the Bangalore franchise and did the same in the auction to assemble an all-star squad for the inaugural edition of the tournament.
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