It’s thrilling time forward: Smriti Mandhana after becoming a member of Royal Challengers Bangalore after WPL public sale

Smriti Mandhana, who obtained the best bid of the inaugural WPL public sale and was picked up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore Rs 3.4 crore shared her ideas about being part of the franchise

“I think it’s been over last ten years we’ve been watching auctions for men and it was just amazing because I’m always glued to auctions of men whenever they used to happen. It’s such a big movement for women’s cricket too for us to have an auction of this sort. I think this is history, firstly the announcement of WPL and then this auction. I think the whole thing is exciting and I’m saying it’s exciting time ahead,” she mentioned in a video shared on the JioCinemas official deal with.

“I think the legacy of RCB is way high because this franchise is existing from past 10 years for men’s IPL and they have built a huge fan base. So, yeah, really excited to be part of such a big franchise and I hope that we both can together build a great team,” she added.

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The southpaw, who’s at the moment a part of the Indian workforce in South Africa for the Women’s T20 World Cup, sparked a bidding battle between Mumbai Indians and the Bangalore franchise early within the public sale.

“Namaskara Bengaluru”, I believe that’s how they are saying and in addition enthusiastic about carrying the purple color and going on the market and attempting to get the cup. All the followers maintain supporting us and we’ll try to have an amazing event,” Mandhana mentioned earlier than signing off.

Mandhana, who was named vice captain of the Indian workforce throughout codecs final yr after Mithali Raj introduced her retirement, is prone to captain the Bangalore WPL aspect as properly per Mike Hesson.