Money no object when you want the best in the business is RCB’s watchword
RCB bought Smriti Mandhana for ₹3.4 crore, the most expensive buy of the auction.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore loves to buy the biggest of stars. For the IPL it signed up men like Virat Kohli, A.B. de Villiers and Chris Gayle. The auction for the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League also saw the franchise bidding for the brightest stars in the women’s game.
RCB showed its intention with the very first player to go under the hammer. It won an intense bidding war with Mumbai Indians to pick Smriti Mandhana, the elegant India opener, for ₹3.4 crore. That would remain the most expensive buy of the auction. Stars in the line-upRCB also roped in stars like Australia’s Ellyse Perry and Megan Schutt, New Zealand’s Sophie Devine and India’s Richa Ghosh and Ren...