Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) purchased a total of 12 players at the WPL 2026 auction in Delhi on Thursday, November 27. England pacer Lauren Bell was their most expensive purchase at ₹90 lakh. RCB also bought Indian pace bowling all-rounder for Pooja Vastrakar for ₹85 lakh.
India Women pacer Arundhati Reddy (₹75 lakh), Australia's maverick all-rounder Grace Harris (₹75 lakh) and South Africa's Women's World Cup 2025 star Nadine de Klerk (₹65 lakh) were some of RCB's other prominent purchases at the WPL 2026 auction.
The franchise also purchased Indian left-arm spinner Radha Yadav for ₹65 lakh, Georgia Voll for ₹60 lakh and Linsey Smith and Dayalan Hemalatha for ₹30 lakh each. Further, they used the Right to Match (RTM) option to retain Prema Rawat for ₹20 lakh. Gautami Naik (₹10 lakh) and Prathyoosha Kumar (₹10 lakh) were the franchise's other purchases at WPL 2026 auction.
Ahead of the WPL 2026 auction, RCB had retained four key players - Smriti Mandhana (₹3.5 crore), Richa Ghosh (₹2.75 crore), Ellyse Perry (₹2 crore) and Shreyanka Patil (₹60 lakh). Bengaluru went into the auction with a purse of ₹6.15 crore, with 14 slots available (five overseas slots).
Overall, 67 players were sold at the WPL 2026 auction, 23 of them being overseas cricketers. The five franchises combined spent a total of ₹40.8 crore.
RCB Player List with Price for WPL 2026
Take a look at RCB's squad for WPL 2026 following the conclusion of the auction in Delhi on Thursday.
- Smriti Mandhana (₹3.5 crore)
- Richa Ghosh (₹2.75 crore)
- Ellyse Perry (₹2 crore)
- Shreyanka Patil (₹60 lakh)
- Lauren Bell (₹90 lakh)
- Pooja Vastrakar (₹85 lakh)
- Arundhati Reddy (₹75 lakh)
- Grace Harris (₹75 lakh)
- Nadine de Klerk (₹65 lakh)
- Radha Yadav (₹65 lakh)
- Georgia Voll (₹60 lakh)
- Linsey Smith (₹30 lakh)
- Dayalan Hemalatha (₹30 lakh)
- Prema Rawat (₹20 lakh - RTM)
- Gautami Naik (₹10 lakh)
- Prathyoosha Kumar (₹10 lakh)
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