RCB Retained Players List: The 2024 Champions had a disappointing campaign in the 2025 season as they failed to qualify for the playoff stages.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has revealed rules and guidelines for the WPL 2026 auction, the purse value for the franchises and the road map for the deadline for player retention submissions, franchises to provide player lists for the auction pool, the last date for player registrations, and the official auction player list to be released by the BCCI.

BCCI has set November 05 as the deadline for the WPL franchise to name their retentions. However, the franchise doesn’t need to retain the maximum number of players.

According to the WPL 2026 auction rules, all five franchises will have to announce the list of retained and released players. With a total budget of INR 15 crore, the teams will aim to reshuffle their squads and tactics during the WPL 2026 auction.

As per reports, the season is likely to begin on January 06 or 08, 2026, as the tournament is set to be preponded due to India co-hosting the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 with Sri Lanka in February-March.

WPL 2026 RCB Retained Players List

Royal Challengers Bengaluru had a disappointing campaign in the WPL 2025, as the defending champions were eliminated in the league after losing five consecutive games.

Retaining the maximum number of players will cost the franchise INR 9.25 crore out of the INR 15 crore purse value. A maximum of 3 capped Indian players, 2 overseas and 2 uncapped players can be retained.

Following is the best possible WPL 2026 retained players list for RCB.

• Smriti Mandhana (INR 3.50 Crore)
• Ellyse Perry (INR 2.50 crore)
• Richa Ghosh (INR 1.75 crore)
• Renuka Singh Thakur (INR 1.00 crore)
• Prema Rawat (Uncapped)

RCB Released Players 2026 WPL

The released players list of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be available after the BCCI reveals the retained players list produced by the franchise.

Listed below are the probable RCB released players ahead of the WPL 2026 auction.

Sabbineni Meghana, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana, Sophie Devine, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bist, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt, VJ Joshitha, Raghvi Bist, Jagravi Pawar