The Royal Challengers Bengaluru Ladies (RCB-W) had appointed former South Australian cricketer Luke Williams as their head coach forward of the 2024 version of the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL). The transfer labored greater than wonders, because the franchise, that had completed fourth within the inaugural version, went on to carry the elusive silverware, led by captain Smriti Mandhana.
Williams deserves equal credit for RCB-W’s success, as their efficiency had been shambolic to say the least within the 2023 season. Skipper Smriti (300 runs) and star all-rounder Ellyse Perry (347 runs & 7 wickets) have been the standout performers. Perry additionally gained the Orange Cap, whereas spin-bowling all-rounder Shreyanka Patil acquired the maintain of the Purple Cap for her 13 wickets throughout the season.
Williams, glad with the outcomes gained within the earlier version, wished to maintain the core intact, which might in flip, assist them preserve consistency forward of the WPL Public sale 2025. The pinnacle coach revealed that the mini-auction, which is slated to be held on Sunday, December 15, would assist the administration to make sure key additions to their squad and bolster their bench energy for the forthcoming season.
“We’ve got seemed to retain a strong core of the squad that was profitable in final yr’s match to keep up that consistency inside the group on and off the sector. Nonetheless, the mini-auction does present an incredible alternative for us to maintain evolving and add extra gamers to our line-up that we expect may impression the WPL and enhance our squad,” Williams was quoted as saying.
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RCB-W Record of Retained Gamers forward of WPL 2025
Smriti Mandhana (captain), Ellyse Perry, Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Traded), Sophie Devine, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Singh Thakur, Richa Ghosh, Kanika Ahuja, Asha Sobhana, Ekta Bisht, Sabbineni Meghana, Georgia Wareharm, Kate Cross, Sophie Molineux
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Talking of the mini-auction, the occasion is about to be hosted on Sunday, in RCB’s residence metropolis, Bengaluru. A complete of 19 slots are vacant with as many as 120 names more likely to go beneath the hammer for an opportunity to function within the 2025 version of the cash-rich league. Notably, RCB-W have 4 slots left to be crammed, however have consumed the spots for all of the abroad gamers already.
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