WPL 2023: Smriti Mandhana opens up on RCB’s horrific marketing campaign within the inaugural season

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) completed their terrible marketing campaign within the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 with a loss towards Mumbai Indians (MI) within the afternoon fixture of Tuesday’s doubleheader at Dr DY Patil Sports activities Academy in Navi Mumbai.

Particularly, the Challengers created numerous buzz all through the auctions following the inclusion of high-profile avid gamers like Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry and Sophie Devine. On the other hand, the match didn’t pan out reasonably as they might’ve anticipated. RCB misplaced 5 video games at the trot to start out their adventure at the worst observe. RCB did organize to win two video games thereafter, however it was once too overdue for them to dance again.

After shedding their ultimate recreation towards Mumbai, RCB completed fourth within the issues desk with two wins out of 8 fits. Following their defeat, RCB skipper Mandhana stated she didn’t be expecting her staff to complete like the way in which they did and was hoping to come back again more potent within the subsequent season.

“The type of staff we’ve got, and the type of stability that we’ve got, I didn’t be expecting that the marketing campaign will move this fashion. At this second, you’re feeling numerous issues, like what we may have accomplished higher. No doubt unhappy that lets now not make it to the highest 3, however I feel it’s the primary season and there are numerous issues to paintings on as a participant and as a staff, and as a captain. I’m positive we can return and comeback more difficult and more potent,” stated Mandhana in a video shared through RCB on Twitter.

Particularly, Mandhana had a dreadful WPL with the bat, scoring simply 149 runs at a horrific moderate of 18.62. Her strike price was once now not on top of things both, which ended in the struggles of the facet, as RCB couldn’t get started smartly in many of the fits.

“We now know what can move mistaken. Now that we all know that, I feel we can be a lot ready subsequent 12 months. The entire setup caught in combination even if we misplaced the primary 5 fits, and I feel that was once the most important takeaway,” added Mandhana.

Supply: WomenCricket.com