2024 Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL) season

Royal Challengers Bangalore

2024 season
Coach	Luke Williams
Captain	Smriti Mandhana
WPL League	Qualified for Playoffs [1] (Eliminator) [2]
WPL Eliminator	Qualified for Final [3]
WPL Final	Maiden title [4]
Most runs	Ellyse Perry (347)
Most wickets	Shreyanka Patil (13)
Most catches	Georgia Wareham (6)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Richa Ghosh (13)
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The 2024 season was the second season for the franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. They were one of five teams that competed in the 2024 Women's Premier League. They finished at the fourth place in the previous (inaugural) season's League stage. ^[5]

Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the WPL Playoffs for the first time, ^[1] after being placed third in the Points table. ^[2] They qualified for the Final after their win against Mumbai Indians in the Eliminator. ^[3] They won their maiden title after defeating Delhi Capitals in the Final. ^[4]

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
• Ages as of 23 February 2024

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Captain
Smriti Mandhana	India	(1996-07-18) 18 July 1996 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Batters
Disha Kasat	India	(1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Sabbhineni Meghana	India	(1996-06-07) 7 June 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Kanika Ahuja	India	(2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 22)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Asha Sobhana	India	(1991-03-16) 16 March 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Sophie Devine	New Zealand	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Heather Knight	England	(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Ellyse Perry	Australia	(1990-11-03) 3 November 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Shubha Satheesh	India	(1999-07-13) 13 July 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Richa Ghosh	India	(2003-09-28) 28 September 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Indrani Roy	India	(1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Bowlers
Simran Bahadur	India	(1999-12-13) 13 December 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Ekta Bisht	India	(1986-02-08) 8 February 1986 (age 39)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Kate Cross	England	(1991-10-03) 3 October 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Sophie Molineux	Australia	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 27)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas player
Shreyanka Patil	India	(2002-07-31) 31 July 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Renuka Singh	India	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Georgia Wareham	Australia	(1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player

• Source: ^[6]

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Director of cricket	Mo Bobat [7]
Head of team operations	Soumyadeep Pyne
Team manager & doctor	Dr Harini Muralidharan
Head coach	Luke Williams [8]
Assistant head coach	Malolan Rangarajan
Batting coach	RX Murali
Fielding coach	Vellaswamy Vanitha

• Source: Official website ^[9]

Sponsors

• Title sponsor: Kajaria Tiles ^[10]
• Principal partners: Mia by Tanishq & Dream11
• Official partners: Zuno General Insurance ^{[11] [12]}
• Associate partners: Puma, Himalaya, & Vega
• Kit manufacturer: Puma
• Main shirt sponsor: Kajaria
• Back shirt sponsor: Mia

League stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Capitals (R)	8	6	2	0	12	1.198	Advanced to the Final
2	Mumbai Indians (3rd)	8	5	3	0	10	0.024	Advanced to the Eliminator
3	Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C)	8	4	4	0	8	0.306
4	UP Warriorz	8	3	5	0	6	−0.371
5	Gujarat Giants	8	2	6	0	4	−1.158

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[13]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

Fixtures and results

Match 2 24 February 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 157/6 (20 overs)	v	UP Warriorz 155/7 (20 overs)
Richa Ghosh 62 (37) Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/24 (4 overs)		Grace Harris 38 (23) Sobhana Asha 5/22 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 2 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani Player of the match: Sobhana Asha (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• UP Warriorz won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 5 27 February 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants 107/7 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 110/2 (12.3 overs)
Dayalan Hemalatha 31* (25) Sophie Molineux 3/25 (4 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 43 (27) Ashleigh Gardner 1/15 (3 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Mohamed Rafi Player of the match: Renuka Singh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 7 29 February 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 194/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 169/9 (20 overs)
Shafali Verma 50 (31) Sophie Devine 2/23 (3 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 74 (43) Jess Jonassen 3/21 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Delhi Capitals)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 9 2 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 131/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 133/3 (15.1 overs)
Ellyse Perry 44* (38) Pooja Vastrakar 2/14 (3 overs)		Amelia Kerr 40* (24) Shreyanka Patil 1/15 (2 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Amelia Kerr (Mumbai Indians)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 11 4 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 198/3 (20 overs)	v	UP Warriorz 175/8 (20 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 80 (50) Sophie Ecclestone 1/22 (4 overs)		Alyssa Healy 55 (38) Sobhana Asha 2/29 (4 overs) Sophie Molineux 2/29 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 23 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri and Vrinda Rathi Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• UP Warriorz won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 13 6 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Giants 199/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 180/8 (20 overs)
Beth Mooney 85* (51) Sophie Molineux 1/32 (4 overs)		Georgia Wareham 48 (22) Ashleigh Gardner 2/23 (4 overs)

Gujarat Giants won by 19 runs Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Puttarangaiah Jayapal and Gayathri Venugopalan Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Gujarat Giants)

• Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 17 10 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 181/5 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 180/7 (20 overs)
Jemimah Rodrigues 58 (36) Shreyanka Patil 4/26 (4 overs)		Richa Ghosh 51 (29) Alice Capsey 1/5 (1 over)

Delhi Capitals won by 1 run Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Narayanan Janani Player of the match: Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match. ^[14]

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Match 19 12 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 113 (19 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 115/3 (15 overs)
Sajeevan Sajana 30 (21) Ellyse Perry 6/15 (4 overs)		Ellyse Perry 40* (38) Hayley Matthews 1/11 (2 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas and Pashchim Pathak Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
• Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match. ^[15]

Playoffs

	Eliminator					Final
						1	Delhi Capitals	113 (18.3 overs)
	2	Mumbai Indians	130/6 (20 overs)			EW	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	115/2 (19.3 overs)
	3	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	135/6 (20 overs)

Eliminator

Eliminator 15 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 135/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 130/6 (20 overs)
Ellyse Perry 66 (50) Hayley Matthews 2/18 (4 overs) Nat Sciver-Brunt 2/18 (4 overs)		Harmanpreet Kaur 33 (30) Shreyanka Patil 2/16 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 5 runs Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Parashar Joshi and Gayathri Venugopalan Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

Main article: 2024 Women's Premier League (cricket) final

Final 17 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 113 (18.3 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bengaluru 115/2 (19.3 overs)
Shafali Verma 44 (27) Shreyanka Patil 4/12 (3.3 overs)		Ellyse Perry 35* (37) Shikha Pandey 1/11 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 8 wickets Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Gayathri Venugopalan Player of the match: Sophie Molineux (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Inns	Highest score	Average
347	Ellyse Perry	9	66	69.40
300	Smriti Mandhana	10	80	30.00
257	Richa Ghosh	10	62	42.83
168	Sabbhineni Meghana	7	53	33.60
136	Sophie Devine	10	32	15.11

• Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[16]

Most wickets

Wickets	Player	Innings	Best bowling
13	Shreyanka Patil	8	4/12
12	Asha Sobhana	10	5/22
	Sophie Molineux	10	3/20
7	Ellyse Perry	7	6/15
	Georgia Wareham	10	2/38

• Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[17]

References

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7. "Mo Bobat to join RCB as director of cricket after 12 years in England set-up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
8. "RCB appoint Big Bash winner Luke Williams as WPL Head Coach". Hindustan Times. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
9. "Squad/Women". Royal Challengers Bangalore. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
10. Cunningham, Euan (3 March 2023). "IPL and WPL teams hurry to secure last-minute deals, RCB and MI active". Sportcal. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
11. "Zuno and RCB a truly fitting match". www.hizuno.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
12. @RCBTweets (11 March 2023). "Official Partner" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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15. "The Perry show floors Mumbai, puts RCB in playoffs". ESPNcricinfo. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
16. "Women's Premier League, 2024 batting most runs career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
17. "Women's Premier League, 2024 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Royal Challengers Bangalore on WPLT20 Website

Elysia perry high scorer 347 Deepti Sharma high wicket taker 15 wicket