The inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) saw Royal Challengers Bangalore finish fifth in the five-team competition earlier this year. The Smriti Mandhana-led franchise lost five matches in a row at the start of their campaign before registering back-to-back wins.
Sophie Devine was their top run-getter with 266 runs followed by star allrounder Ellyse Perry who scored 253. Among the bowlers, spinner Shreyanka Patil took six wickets from seven games while Sobhana Asha five from as many matches.
A total of 165 players went under the gavel in Mumbai ahead of the second season of WPL. 104 of them were Indians and the rest overseas.
Available Slots: 7
Overseas Slots: 3
Purse Available: Rs 3.35 crore
How They Spent Their Money at WPL 2024 Auction
RCB entered the WPL 2024 auction with the third biggest purse of Rs 3.35 crore among the five teams and
Players Bought:
Georgia Wareham – 30 Lakhs
Kate Cross – 30 Lakhs
Ekta Bisht – 60 Lakhs
Shubha Satheesh – 10 Lakhs
S Meghana – 30 Lakhs
Simran Bahadur – 30 Lakhs
Sophie Molineux – 30 Lakhs
Costliest Player: Ekta Bisht – 60 Lakh
Royal Challengers Bangalore Full Squad List WPL 2024: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Bahadur, Sophie Molineux
Players Retained Before 2024 Auction: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine
Players Released Before 2024 Auction: Dane Van Niekerk, Erin Burns, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar
How They Fared in WPL 2023?
RCB won two and lost six matches. They finished with four points and avoided the wooden spoon only because they had a better net run-rate than fellow strugglers Gujarat Giants.
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