We Have Bought What…: Smriti Mandhanas First Response On RCB Squad After WPL 2025 Public sale

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Smriti Mandhana has given her verdict on the staff’s decide through the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) Participant 2025 Public sale, which was held on December 15, Sunday in Bengaluru.

Going into the public sale, reigning champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru had retained the core of their successful facet. They’d additionally traded England batter Danni Wyatt from UP Warriorz (UPW) earlier than the public sale.

The Bengaluru-based franchise had 4 spots to fill with an enormous purse of three.25 crore. Nevertheless, ultimately RCB wanted only one.5 crore out of that to fill these slots.

RCB splurged large cash on Uttarakhand leg-spinner and  lower-order batter Prema Rawat, who was signed for a staggering Rs. 1.20 crore. Joshitha VJ, Raghvi Bist and Jagravi Pawar have been the opposite gamers acquired by RCB through the public sale.

Reacting to public sale picks, the RCB skipper Smriti Mandhana stated that they’ve what they have been in search of and the addition of recent gamers had made the staff extra dynamic.

“I’m actually proud of the public sale picks; we’ve bought what we have been in search of, making the staff extra dynamic and prepared for all challenges and conditions,” Mandhana was quoted as saying in a media launch from RCB.  

“I’m thrilled to have Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ, Raghvi Bist, and Jagravi Pawar, who’ve achieved exceptionally nicely within the home circuit, and  I can’t wait to hitch the women within the dressing room and provides our greatest for the RCB followers,” she added.

In the meantime, RCB head coach Luke Williams stated that adaptability was central to the staff’s technique heading into the public sale.

“We’re delighted with the work our scouts have achieved all through the season and through the camps we hosted, which gave us the prospect to rigorously consider gamers. Prema brings nice management as a wrist spinner, which is invaluable in T20 cricket, and strengthening our spin arsenal was a key precedence. Moreover, the pace-bowling all-rounders present the pliability we have to deal with varied match situations,” stated Williams.

“We’ve constructed this squad with the upcoming event in thoughts, and we’re assured that these gamers could make an affect within the XI straight away,” he added.

Checklist Of Gamers RCB Purchased In WPL 2025 Public sale

Prema Rawat (1.2 crore), Joshitha JV (10 Lakh), Raghvi Bist (10 Lakh), Jagravi Pawar (10 Lakh)

Checklist Of Gamers RCB Retained Earlier than WPL 2025 Public sale

Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja, Asha Sobhana, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, S Meghana, Sophie Molineux

Traded in: Danni Wyatt (from UP Warriorz)

Checklist Of Gamers RCB Launched Earlier than WPL 2025 Public sale

Heather Knight, Simran Dil Bahadur, Disha Kasat, Shubha Sateesh, Shradda Pokharkar, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk

RCB Full Squad For WPL 2025

Smriti Mandhana (c), Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt, Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ, Raghvi Bist, Jagravi Pawar