Royal Challengers Bangalore
LeagueWomen's Premier League
Personnel
CaptainSmriti Mandhana
CoachLuke Williams
OwnerUnited Spirits
Team information
CityBangalore, Karnataka
Colours  Red   Black
EstablishedJanuary 2023 (2023-01)
History
Twenty20 debut5 March 2023 (2023-03-05)
WPL wins0
Official websiteRoyal Challengers

T20 kit

The Royal Challengers Bangalore are an Indian women's cricket team that compete in the Women's Premier League (WPL), based in Bangalore. The team is owned by Diageo, who also own the men's team. The team is coached by Luke Williams and captained by Smriti Mandhana.

History

In October 2022, the BCCI announced its intentions to hold a five-team women's franchise cricket tournament in March 2023.[1] The tournament was named the Women's Premier League in January 2023, with investors buying the rights to franchises through a closed bidding process during the same month.[2] Diageo, the owners of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, bought the rights to one of the franchises.[2]

In February 2023, Ben Sawyer was announced as head coach of the side.[3] The inaugural player auction for the WPL was held on 13 February 2023, with Royal Challengers Bangalore signing 18 players for their squad.[4] On 18 February 2023, Smriti Mandhana was announced as the team's captain. The side finished fourth in the group stage at the inaugural tournament.[5]

Current squad

As per 2024 season.[6] Players in bold have international caps.

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
19Disha Kasat India19 September 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium
18Smriti Mandhana India18 July 1996Left-handedRight-arm off breakCaptain
Sabbhineni Meghana India7 June 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
17Kanika Ahuja India7 August 2002Left-handedRight-arm off break
7Sobhana Asha India16 March 1991Right-handedRight-arm leg break
77Sophie Devine New Zealand1 September 1989Right-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas player
5Heather Knight England26 December 1990Right-handedRight-arm off breakOverseas player
8Ellyse Perry Australia3 November 1990Right-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas player
Shubha Satheesh India13 July 1999Left-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
13Richa Ghosh India28 September 2003Right-handedRight-arm medium
Indrani Roy India5 September 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium
Bowlers
Simran Bahadur India13 December 1999Left-handedRight-arm medium
Ekta Bisht India8 February 1986Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Kate Cross England3 October 1991Right-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas player
Sophie Molineux Australia17 January 1998Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxOverseas player
31Shreyanka Patil India31 July 2002Right-handedRight-arm off break
10Renuka Singh India1 February 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium
Georgia Wareham Australia23 May 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg breakOverseas player

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Director of cricketMo Bobat[7]
Head of team operationsSoumyadeep Pyne
Team manager & doctorDr Harini Muralidharan
Head coachLuke williams[8]
Assistant head coachMalolan Rangarajan
Batting coachRX Murali
Fielding coachVellaswamy Vanitha
MentorSania Mirza

Source: Official website[9]

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kajaria Tiles was the official Title Sponsor for RCB WPL 2023.[10] Mia by Tanishq & Dream11 being principal partners. Apart from these, Puma, Himalaya, & Vega being the associate partners. Zuno General Insurance were their official partners for WPL 2023.[11][12]

Year Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding
2023 Puma[13] Kajaria Mia Tata Capital

Seasons

Year League table standing Final standing
2023 4th out of 5 League Stage

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Inaugural Women's IPL likely to be played from March 3 to 26". ESPNcricinfo. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Owners of Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, RCB win bids to own Women's Premier League teams". ESPNcricinfo. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "RCB name Australian Ben Sawyer as head coach for WPL". The Indian Express. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bid-by-bid updates - 2023 WPL auction". ESPNcricinfo. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Women's Premier League 2022/23 - Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "WPL 2024 squads: Full player list for all teams". the Cricketer. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Mo Bobat to join RCB as director of cricket after 12 years in England set-up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "RCB appoint Big Bash winner Luke Williams as WPL Head Coach". Hindustan Times. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Squad/Women". Royal Challengers Bangalore. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "IPL and WPL teams hurry to secure last-minute deals, RCB and MI active". Sportcal.
  11. ↑ "Zuno and RCB a truly fitting match". Zuno General Insurance.
  12. ↑ "Official Insurance Partner". RCB-Twitter.
  13. ↑ "Official sponsors List WPL 2023". The Sports News.
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