WPL 2024: RCB captain Smriti Mandhana confident of better performance from last season in the upcoming edition

RCB lost six of eight matches in the Women's Premier League last season. They finished second from bottom in the five-team competition.

Smriti Mandhana poses during an RCB photoshoot ahead of WPL 2024.

New Delhi: After losing six of their eight matches last season, Royal Challengers Bangalore are capable of improving on their show from the last edition in the upcoming Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024, skipper Smriti Mandhana opined. The Indian vice-captain opined that her team's balance sheet looks significantly better after acquiring new players at the auction that took place last year. RCB finished fourth in the five-team competition in WPL 2023. The second season will be played in New Delhi and Bengaluru.

Batting was never a problem for RCB the previous season, while their bowling was. In fact, most of RCB's losses last year were due to their inability to strike with the ball. RCB bought England's Kate Cross and Australians Georgia Wareham and Sophie Molinuex in the overseas quota, while also securing the services of homegrown talents such as Ekta Bisht, Sabbaneni Meghana, Simran Bahadur and Shubha Satheesh.

“I definitely wish it would be better than the first season. From RCB's point of view, quite a few players have been released and we have brought in new players. So the balance sheet has definitely improved and we hope to fulfill our potential,” Mandhana told JioCinema.

However, RCB will miss Heather Knight as the England captain has withdrawn due to national commitments. They had also released Komal Zanzad, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar, Dane van Niekerk, Erin Burns and Megan Schutt.