WPL 2025: RCB Rope in Two Australians as Replacement Signings; UP Warriorz Sign West Indies Star as Healy Replacement

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and UP Warriorz (UPW) have announced their three overseas replacement player signings for the upcoming third season of the Women's Premier League - WPL 2025, scheduled to begin on Februery 14.

Defending champions RCB, who had already lost one of their players in Sophie Molineux, were dealt a further blow when key New Zealand all-rounder Sophie Devine and England pacer Kate Cross pulled out of the tournament due to personal reasons.

Earlier, RCB replaced Molineux with England all-rounder Charlie Dean. Now, the reigning champions have roped in Australian duo - all-rounder Heather Graham and pacer Kim Garth as replacement for Devine and Cross.

Graham comes in with an experience of 5 T20Is for 8 wickets, while Garth has represented Australia in 59 T20Is, in addition to 56 ODIs and 4 Tests. She has 764 T20I runs and 49 T20I wickets. Garth had previously played for Gujarat Giants (GG) in the WPL.

Both Graham and Garth join RCB for INR 30 Lakh each respectively. The franchise will hope the duo provide enough depth in their quest for the second successive title. Here is a look at the updated RCB women's squad for WPL 2025:

RCB WPL 2025 Squad

Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Heather Graham, Renuka Singh, Charlie Dean, Ekta Bisht, Kim Garth, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt (traded), Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ, Raghvi Bist, Jagravi Pawar.

Meanwhile, UP Warriorz (UPW) have signed West Indies star Chinelle Henry as a replacement for Alyssa Healy, who has been ruled out of the WPL due to an injury. Henry has so far played 62 T20Is and has 473 runs and 22 wickets against her name in T20Is. She joins UPW for INR 30 Lakh.

While UPW have named Healy's replacement, the franchise is yet to announce the captain for the upcoming season with India all-rounder Deepti Sharma being the favourite to take over the role. Here is a look at the UP Warriorz squad:

UPW WPL 2025 Squad

Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Vrinda Dinesh, Saima Thakor, Poonam Khemnar, Gouher Sultana, Chamari Athapaththu, Uma Chetry, Kranti Goud, Arushi Goel, Alana King, Chinelle Henry.