RCB retain 11 players ahead of WPL 2024 season

RCB has retained a total of 11 players ahead of WPL 2024, which will be the second edition of the Women's Premier League.

Apart from retaining the Indian international trio of skipper Smriti Mandhana, wicket-keeper batter Richa Ghosh and pacer Renuka Singh, the list of RCB's retained players also includes three foreign players - Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine and Heather Knight.

Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja and Asha Sobhana were retained after impressing in the inaugural edition of the WPL, in addition to RCB while also re-signing the services of promising batter Disha Kasat and dynamic wicket-keeper batter Indrani Roy.

With a total of 11 retentions made and 7 players released, RCB are left with a total purse of INR 3.35 Cr to spend at the auction. They will also have 7 slots to fill in the WPL auction for the following year.

A total of 60 players were retained across five franchises which included 21 overseas cricketers while 29 players were released from their respective squads.

RCB's list of retained players:
Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry (overseas), Heather Knight (overseas), Sophie Devine (overseas).

Players released by RCB:
Komal Zanzad, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar, Dane van Niekerk (overseas), Erin Burns (overseas), Megan Schutt (overseas).