2026 Women's Premier League (cricket) final

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2026 Women's Premier League Final
Event2026 Women's Premier League
Delhi Capitals Royal Challengers Bengaluru
203/4 204/4
20 overs 19.4 overs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 wickets
Date5 February 2026
VenueBaroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara
Player of the matchSmriti Mandhana (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
UmpiresAnkita Guha and Gayathri Venugopalan
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The 2026 Women's Premier League Final was a Women's Twenty20 match played at the Baroda Cricket Association Stadium in Vadodara on 5 February 2026 to determine the winner of the 2026 Women's Premier League.[1][2] It was played between the table toppers of the 2026 season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the winner of 2026's Eliminator, Delhi Capitals. It was the second time that Delhi and Bengaluru played a WPL final against each other, after the 2024 final.

Background[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2026 Women's Premier League (cricket)

On 29 November 2025, the schedule for the 2026 season of the Women's Premier League was announced with matches played across two venues - Navi Mumbai and Vadodara. Navi Mumbai hosted the first round of the league stage at the DY Patil Stadium and Vadodara hosted the final round along with the playoffs at the Baroda Cricket Association Stadium.[3]

Road to the final[edit | edit source]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals
League Stage
Opponent Scorecard Result Points Match No. Opponent Scorecard Result Points
Mumbai Indians 9 January 2026 Won 2 1 Mumbai Indians 10 January 2026 Lost 0
UP Warriorz 12 January 2026 Won 4 2 Gujarat Giants 11 January 2026 Lost 0
Gujarat Giants 16 January 2026 Won 6 3 UP Warriorz 14 January 2026 Won 2
Delhi Capitals 17 January 2026 Won 8 4 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 17 January 2026 Lost 2
Gujarat Giants 19 January 2026 Won 10 5 Mumbai Indians 20 January 2026 Won 4
Delhi Capitals 24 January 2026 Lost 10 6 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 17 January 2026 Won 6
Mumbai Indians 26 January 2026 Lost 10 7 Gujarat Giants 27 January 2026 Lost 6
Gujarat Giants 29 January 2026 Won 12 8 UP Warriorz 1 February 2026 Won 8
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Playoff stage
Template:2026 Women's Premier League Playoffs
Qualified for the finals[1] Elimator
Opponent Scorecard Result
9 Gujarat Giants 3 February 2026 Won
2026 Women's Premier League final

Match[edit | edit source]

Match officials[edit | edit source]

Summary[edit | edit source]

Final
5 February 2026
19:30
Scorecard
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203/4 (20 overs)
v
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204/4 (19.4 overs)
Jemimah Rodrigues 57 (37)
Arundhati Reddy 1/40 (4 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 87 (41)
Chinelle Henry 2/34 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 wickets
Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: Ankita Guha and Gayathri Venugopalan
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru became WPL champions for second time.[4]

Scorecard[edit | edit source]

Match scorecard[5]
1st innings
Delhi Capitals batting[5]
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Lizelle Lee c Harris b de Klerk 37 30 3 3 123.33
Shafali Verma c †Ghosh b Reddy 20 13 3 0 153.84
Laura Wolvaardt run out (Reddy/†Ghosh) 44 25 3 2 176.00
Jemimah Rodrigues c de Klerk b Satghare 57 37 8 0 154.05
Chinelle Henry not out 35 15 4 2 233.33
Marizanne Kapp did not bat
Nikki Prasad did not bat
Sneh Rana did not bat
Minnu Mani did not bat
Shree Charani did not bat
Nandani Sharma did not bat
Extras (w 10)
10
Total
(4 wickets; 20 overs)
 203 21 7 RR: 10.15

Fall of wickets: 49/1 (Verma, 5.5 ov), 72/2 (Lee, 7.3 ov), 148/3 (Rodrigues, 16 ov), 203/4 (Wolvaardt, 19.6 ov)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowling[5]
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Lauren Bell 4 0 19 0 4.75
Sayali Satghare 4 0 46 1 11.50
Arundhati Reddy 4 0 40 1 10.00
Shreyanka Patil 2 0 32 0 16.00
Nadine de Klerk 4 0 48 1 12.00
Radha Yadav 2 0 18 0 9.00
2nd innings
Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting[5]
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Grace Harris b Henry 9 7 2 0 128.57
Smriti Mandhana b Henry 87 41 12 3 212.19
Georgia Voll c Verma b Mani 79 54 14 0 146.29
Richa Ghosh c Mani b Sharma 6 6 1 0 100.00
Nadine de Klerk not out 7 5 1 0 140.00
Radha Yadav not out 12 5 2 0 240.00
Pooja Vastrakar did not bat
Arundhati Reddy did not bat
Shreyanka Patil did not bat
Lauren Bell did not bat
Sayali Satghare did not bat
Extras (b 2, w 2)
4
Total
(4 wickets; 19.4 overs)
 204 32 3 RR: 10.37

Fall of wickets: 9/1 (Harris, 1.1 ov), 174/2 (Voll, 16.3 ov), 181/3 (Ghosh, 17.4 ov), 191/4 (Mandhana, 18.4 ov)

Delhi Capitals bowling[5]
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Marizanne Kapp 4 0 38 0 9.50
Chinelle Henry 4 0 34 2 8.50
Nandani Sharma 4 0 41 1 10.25
Shree Charani 3.4 0 46 0 12.54
Shafali Verma 1 0 9 0 9.00
Minnu Mani 2 0 19 1 9.50
Sneh Rana 1 0 15 0 15.00

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "De Klerk, Harris tear UPW apart to take RCB into final". ESPNcricinfo. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Lee, Shafali and Rodrigues fire Delhi Capitals into their fourth straight final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "TATA Women's Premier League 2026 schedule announced". wplt20.com. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "WPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bengaluru completes record chase to seal second title". Sportstar. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "DC Women vs RCB Women, Final at Vadodara, WPL, Feb 05 2026 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.

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