# 2024 Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL) season

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

## Squad

* Source:
* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad for the 2024 Women's Premier League :
| 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 33) | 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 |

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| Director of cricket | Mo Bobat |
| Head of team operations | Soumyadeep Pyne |
| Team manager & doctor | Dr Harini Muralidharan |
| Head coach | Luke williams |
| Assistant head coach | Malolan Rangarajan |
| Batting coach | RX Murali |
| Fielding coach | Vellaswamy Vanitha |
| Source: Official website ||

## Sponsors

* Title Sponsor: Kajaria Tiles
* Principal partners: Mia by Tanishq & Dream11
* Official partners: Zuno General Insurance
* Associate partners: Puma, Himalaya, & Vega
* Kit manufacturer: Puma
* Main shirt sponsor: Kajaria
* Back shirt sponsor: Mia

## League stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | UP Warriorz | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.371 | |
| 5 | Gujarat Giants | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −1.158 | |

### 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

## Playoffs

| vteEliminator | vteEliminator | vteEliminator | Final | Final | 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

* 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 | HS | Ave | SR | 100s/50s | 4s | 6s |
| 347 | Ellyse Perry | 9 | 66 | 69.40 | 125.72 | 0/2 | 41 | 7 |
| 300 | Smriti Mandhana | 10 | 80 | 30.00 | 133.92 | 0/2 | 40 | 10 |
| 257 | Richa Ghosh | 10 | 62 | 42.83 | 141.98 | 0/2 | 31 | 10 |
| 168 | Sabbhineni Meghana | 7 | 53 | 33.60 | 112.75 | 0/1 | 20 | 3 |
| 136 | Sophie Devine | 10 | 32 | 15.11 | 125.92 | 0/0 | 13 | 7 |
| Last updated: 12 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||||||

### Most wickets

| Wkts. | Player | Inns | Ov | Runs | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W |
| 13 | Shreyanka Patil | 8 | 21.3 | 157 | 4/12 | 12.07 | 7.30 | 9.92 | 2 | — |
| 12 | Asha Sobhana | 10 | 26.0 | 185 | 5/22 | 15.41 | 7.11 | 13.00 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Sophie Molineux | 10 | 38.0 | 278 | 3/20 | 23.16 | 7.31 | 19.00 | — | — |
| 7 | Ellyse Perry | 7 | 16.0 | 96 | 6/15 | 15.57 | 6.81 | 13.71 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Georgia Wareham | 10 | 28.1 | 169 | 2/38 | 33.14 | 8.23 | 24.14 | — | — |
| Last updated: 12 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||||||||