RCB Women Team: The fourth season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) will be played in 2026, and the mega player auction for this will also be organized soon. Meanwhile, on November 5, all five franchises have released the list of their retained players. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) women’s team has retained four players ahead of the auction, which include Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh and Shreyanka Patil. Apart from this, RCB has also announced the name of the new head coach of its women’s team, who will take over this responsibility from the upcoming season.
Malolan Rangarajan got the responsibility of head coach
The RCB franchise has appointed Malolan Rangarajan as the new head coach of its women’s team. Malolan Rangarajan has worked in the support staff of RCB for the last 6 years. He replaces Luke Williams, who has decided to step down due to his other coaching responsibilities. The RCB Women’s team won their first WPL title under the leadership of Luke Williams, and now it will be the responsibility of Malolan Rangarajan to take the team to greater heights.
Malolan Rangarajan has previously been the scouting head of the RCB women’s team and also played the role of assistant coach in the year 2025. He has good experience of first class cricket. He has played a total of 47 first class matches, in which he has taken 136 wickets and also scored 1379 runs. He has played for the teams of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and South Zone. Considering his experience and deep understanding of cricket, he has been given this important responsibility.
Anya Shrubsole joins coaching staff
The WPL 2025 season for the RCB women’s team was not as expected, and a change in the coaching staff was being speculated after this. Now, RCB has also included Anya Shrubsole, who was a member of England’s World Cup-winning team, in its support staff. Anya’s experience will prove to be very beneficial for the bowlers of the team. He has deep experience in bowling, and under his coaching, the bowlers of the RCB women’s team will get to learn many new things in the coming season. With this change, the coaching staff of the RCB women’s team has been further strengthened. The team is hoping to perform better under the leadership of these new coaches in the coming season.
