Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis identify Smriti Mandhana as RCB captain for WPL 2023

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have appointed Smriti Mandhana as captain for the inaugural season of the Girls’s Premier League (WPL). The franchise shared the information with their followers by way of social media platforms on Saturday (February 18).

The RCB posted a video message that included Virat Kohli and their males’s workforce’s present captain Faf du Plessis, with the Indian maestro making the announcement.

“Now it’s time for an additional Quantity 18 to steer a really particular RCB workforce within the Girls’s Premier League. Sure, we’re speaking about Smriti Mandhana. Go nicely Smriti, you’ll have the assist of one of the best workforce and one of the best followers within the World,” said Kohli.

In the meantime, Du Plessis mentioned: “I’m very assured that our girls’s captain has all of the attributes to steer RCB. All the easiest, Smriti Mandhana. See you on the video games.”

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From one No. 18 to a different, from one skipper to a different, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis announce RCB’s captain for the Girls’s Premier League – Smriti Mandhana. #PlayBold #WPL2023 #CaptainSmriti @mandhana_smriti pic.twitter.com/sqmKnJePPu

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 18, 2023

Mandhana, the newly-appointed captain of the Girls’s workforce, additional thanked RCB workforce administration for believing in her talents and dealing with her the management position.

“I wish to thank RCB administration for giving me this superb alternative. I’m trying ahead to receiving all of the love and assist from you followers, who I’m informed are one of the best on the planet. And I promise you to provide my 100% to steer RCB to success in WPL,” mentioned the left-handed opening batter.

So far as the maiden version of WPL is anxious, it should start on March 4, 2023. 5 groups – RCB, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz – will compete for the coveted trophy within the marquee match.