RCB Retention List WPL 2026: Full list of players retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Price Tags in INR and Purse remaining

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have confirmed their player retentions for WPL 2026. The 2024 champions have retained skipper and star batter Smriti Mandhana, seasoned Australian batter Ellyse Perry, dynamic keeper-batter Richa Ghosh and young off spinner Shreyanka Patil. The deadline for announcing retentions ended on Wednesday, November 5, but the list was out on Thursday.

RCB skipper Mandhana has been retained for ₹3.5 crore, Richa for ₹2.75 crore, Perry for ₹2 crore, and Shreyanka for ₹60 lakh. For the 2026 edition, WPL has allowed teams to retain a maximum of three capped Indian players, a maximum of two overseas players, and a maximum of two uncapped Indian players.

In case a franchise opts to retain five players, at least one of them should be an uncapped Indian player. Further, franchises have been given the option to use the right-to-match (RTM) option at the WPL 2026 auction to buy back a player. Since RCB have retained four players, they have one RTM left for the auction.

List of players retained by RCB with price tag

Below is the list of players retained by RCB ahead of WPL 2026 auction, with price tags in INR.

Player 1 - Smriti Mandhana (₹3.5 crore)

Player 2 - Richa Ghosh (₹2.75 crore)

Player 3 - Ellyse Perry (₹2 crore)

Player 4 - Shreyanka Patil (₹60 lakh)

List of players released by RCB: Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ, Raghvi Bist, Jagravi Pawar, Sabbhineni Meghana, Georgia Wareham, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt

RCB purse for WPL 2026 Auction

Each franchise has been given a purse of ₹15 crore for the WPL 2026 auction. As per earlier reports, if a franchise opts to retain five players, ₹9.25 crore would be deducted from its purse. For four retentions, the purse deduction would be ₹8.75 crore, for three ₹7.75 crore; for two ₹6 crore, and for one ₹3.5 crore.

Since RCB have decided to retain four players ahead of the auction and tweaked the player prices a bit, they have a purse of ₹6.15 crore left for the auction. As per reports, the WPL 2026 auction is likely to be held in Delhi on November 27.

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Edited by Renin Wilben Albert