Picture Credit: BCCI/WPL

Picture Credit: BCCI/WPL

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women, who finished fourth in WPL 2023 points table, have retained 11 out of 18 players from the last season. While they have their skipper Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry and others, they had seven slots remaining with a purse of INR 3.35 Crore ahead of the WPL 2024 Auction. 

Here, in this article we will have a look at RCB's compete squad for WPL 2024:

Retained list of players in RCB for WPL 2024:

  • Smriti Mandhana (INR 3.4 Crore)
  • Sophie Devine (INR 50 Lakh)
  • Ellyse Perry (INR 1.7 Crore)
  • Renuka Singh Thakur (INR 1.5 Crore)
  • Richa Ghosh (INR 1.9 Crore)
  • Disha Kasat (INR 10 Lakh)
  • Indrani Roy (INR 10 Lakh)
  • Shreyanka Patil (INR 10 Lakh)
  • Kanika Ahuja (INR 35 Lakh)
  • Shobana Asha (INR 10 Lakh)
  • Heather Knight (INR 40 Lakh)

List of players bought by RCB in WPL 2024:

  • Georgia Wareham (INR 40 Lakh)
  • Kate Cross (INR 30 Lakh)
  • Ekta Bisht (INR 60 Lakh)
  • Shubha Satheesh (INR 10 Lakh)
  • Meghana S (INR 30 Lakh)
  • Simran Bahadur (INR 30 Lakh)
  • Sophie Molineux (INR 30 Lakh)

Dané Van Niekerk (overseas), Erin Burns (overseas), Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt (overseas), Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar were the names who were released by the franchise ahead of the auctions. However, with a maximum of seven spots available, here's how the complete squad looks like:

RCB complete squad for WPL 2024:

Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh Thakur, Richa Ghosh, Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja, Shobana Asha, Heather Knight, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, S. Meghana, Simran Bahardur,  Sophie Molineux.