RCB In WPL 2024: Preview, Squad & Schedule

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The start of the second edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL 2024) is just a few days away. The second edition will come with more excitement and thrills as some more big names in women's cricket have joined the tournament. Fans can watch the first game of the tournament on February 23, which will be a virtual rematch of the last-season final. Five teams will play for the prestigious trophy at the women's franchise level.

The final is scheduled to take place on March 17. All 22 games will take place in Delhi and Bengaluru. These venues are known to produce flat decks, which means we will have some high-scoring games in the WPL 2024. The Mumbai Indians will defend their titles. However, the Royal Challengers Bangalore, which certainly have some superstars but couldn't do well in the first season, will look to turn things around now.

WPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore Preview

Smriti Mandhana will be back for her captaincy duties, and Luke Williams will be the coach of the team. The franchise was pretty active during the WPL 2024 auction and signed a total of seven players for the coming season. Some of the most prominent names to be signed were Georgia Wareham (INR 40 lakh) and Kate Cross (30 lakh). Kate, who has shown her affection towards CSK, will be playing against them.

The team looks pretty good because of the availability of overseas all-rounders. Sophie Devine, Heather Knight, and Ellyse Perry are some of the biggest names in women's modern-day cricket. Hence, RCB fans will surely be excited to see all these superstars in one lineup. Kate Cross and Georgia Wareham will make the bowling lineup stronger.

Apart from the captain, RCB has some good Indian names. The likes of Ekta Bisht, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil, and Richa Ghosh are some regular faces on the Indian cricket team. Now everything will depend on how these players perform. RCB will play their first game on February 24 against the UP Warriorz in Bangalore.

RCB Squad for WPL 2024

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

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Overall Top Performers (Batting) In WPL 2024

Sophie Devine did the bulk of the scoring for RCB in the WPL 2023. The all-rounder showed why she is regarded as the best in the format and ended up scoring the most runs for the franchise. She scored 266 runs in 8 matches at a dazzling strike rate of 172.72.

Sophie Devine - 266 runs in 8 matches

Ellyse Perry - 253 runs in 8 matches

Smriti Mandhana - 149 runs in 8 matches

Richa Ghosh - 138 runs in 8 matches

Heather Knight - 135 runs in 8 matches

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Overall Top Performers (Bowling) In WPL 2024

The biggest area of concern for RCB in 2023 was their bowling. None of their bowlers were in the top 15 wicket-takers of the season. Shreyanka Patil picked up the most wickets for the franchise in the WPL 2023. She took six wickets in seven games at an economy rate of 9.84.

Shreyanka Patil - 6 wickets in 7 games

Sobhana Asha - 5 wickets in 5 games

Heather Knight - 4 wickets in 8 games

Ellyse Perry - 4 wickets in 8 games

Megan Schutt - 4 wickets in 7 games

Royal Challengers Bangalore Schedule In WPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore will start their WPL 2024 campaign against UP Warriorz on Feb 24 At M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Feb 24: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriorz At M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Feb 27: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants At M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Feb 29: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals At M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Mar 2: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians At M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Mar 4: UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore At M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Mar 6: Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore At Arun Jaitley Stadium

Mar 10: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore At Arun Jaitley Stadium

Mar 12: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore At Arun Jaitley Stadium