Royal Challengers Bangalore loves to purchase the greatest of stars. For the IPL it signed up males like Virat Kohli, A.B. de Villiers and Chris Gayle. The public sale for the inaugural version of the Women’s Premier League additionally noticed the franchise bidding for the brightest stars in the girls’s recreation.
RCB confirmed its intention with the very first participant to go underneath the hammer. It received an intense bidding battle with Mumbai Indians to choose Smriti Mandhana, the elegant India opener, for ₹3.4 crore. That would stay the most costly purchase of the public sale.
Stars in the line-up
RCB additionally roped in stars like Australia’s Ellyse Perry and Megan Schutt, New Zealand’s Sophie Devine and India’s Richa Ghosh and Renuka Singh. RCB was, certainly, capable of put collectively an enviable squad.
It has a formidable bunch of all-rounders — Perry, Devine, Dane van Niekerk (South Africa) and Heather Knight (England). They, together with Smriti, who has been named skipper, kind an skilled batting line-up.
Veteran all-rounder Erin Burns, who is additionally from Australia, is one other good signing by RCB.
In Richa Ghosh, RCB has an excellent finisher. The wicketkeeper is quick evolving as one among the most feared batters in girls’s cricket.
Renuka and Schutt may kind one among the most deadly new-ball assaults in the WPL, whereas Perry is a wonderful possibility as the third seamer.
Uncapped left-arm seamer Komal Zanzad, who has been round for a very long time on the home circuit, must be itching for a chance like the WPL. And there is additionally Devine to bowl seam.
RCB might not boast the greatest names in spin, however a few lesser-known dwelling gamers — each from Bengaluru, in reality — provide promise.
At the Senior Women’s T20 Challenger Trophy match at Raipur in November, off-spinner Shreyanka Patil and left-arm spinner Sahana Pawar had impressed.
They bowled some nice spells in entrance of the chief selector of Indian girls’s cricket and RCB’s expertise scout. There is additionally the extra seasoned left-armer Preeti Bose. Van Niekerk is a nice leg-spinner, too.
Don’t be stunned if RCB’s girls convey the league title dwelling to Bengaluru earlier than the males.
