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This article is about the Women's Premier League cricket team. For the men's team in Indian Premier League, see Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Royal Challengers Bangalore
LeagueWomen's Premier League
Personnel
CaptainSmriti Mandhana
CoachBen Sawyer
OwnerUnited Spirits
Team information
CityBengaluru, Karnataka
Colours  Red   Black
Established2023
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 Bengaluru. The team is owned by Diageo, who also own the men's team. The team is coached by Ben Sawyer, and their squad was assembled at the inaugural WPL player auction in February 2023.

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 2023 season.[4][6] Players in bold have international caps.

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
19 Disha Kasat  India (1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium
18 Smriti Mandhana  India (1996-07-18) 18 July 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Right-arm off break Captain
All-rounders
17 Kanika Ahuja  India (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 22) Left-handed Right-arm off break
7 Sobhana Asha  India (1991-03-16) 16 March 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
29 Erin Burns  Australia (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player
77 Sophie Devine  New Zealand (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player
1 Poonam Khemnar  India (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
5 Heather Knight  England (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player
8 Ellyse Perry  Australia (1990-11-03) 3 November 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player
Dane van Niekerk  South Africa (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
13 Richa Ghosh  India (2003-09-28) 28 September 2003 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Indrani Roy  India (1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Bowlers
15 Preeti Bose  India (1992-04-20) 20 April 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
31 Shreyanka Patil  India (2002-07-31) 31 July 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Sahana Pawar  India (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
27 Megan Schutt  Australia (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player
10 Renuka Singh  India (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
9 Komal Zanzad  India (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Left-arm medium

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Director of cricket Mike Hesson
Head of team operations Soumyadeep Pyne
Team manager & doctor Dr Harini Muralidharan
Head coach Ben Sawyer
Assistant head coach Malolan Rangarajan
Batting coach RX Murali
Fielding coach Vellaswamy Vanitha
Mentor Sania Mirza

Source: Official website[7]

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kajaria Tiles was the official Title Sponsor for RCB WPL 2023.[8] 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.[9][10]

Year Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding
2023 Puma[11] 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad". Womens Premier League. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Squad/Women". Royal Challengers Bangalore. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  8. ^ "IPL and WPL teams hurry to secure last-minute deals, RCB and MI active". Sportcal.
  9. ^ "Zuno and RCB a truly fitting match". Zuno General Insurance.
  10. ^ "Official Insurance Partner". RCB-Twitter.
  11. ^ "Official sponsors List WPL 2023". The Sports News.
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