Royal Challengers Bangalore announced on Wednesday that they were naming Indian tennis legend Sania Mirza as the mentor of their women’s team for the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League.
A winner of six Grand Slam titles, Sania has has a 20-year-long career which has seen her win 43 WTA Titles. RCB said in a statement that Sania’s “global stature as one of the leading role models for innumerable women prompted the RCB team management to get her on board, to motivate and encourage the women’s team of RCB. Sania is someone whom the players can relate and respond to easily in a team environment.”
In the recently-concluded WPL auctions, RCB picked star names like India batter Smriti Mandhana, Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry, Australian medium pacer Megan Schutt, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine, England skipper Heather Knight, South African all-rounder Dane Van Niekerk and India under-19-star Richa Ghosh.