RCB beat UP Warriorz by 8 wickets to seal final spot in WPL 2026 (Image Credit:- X)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) beat UP Warriorz comfortably by eight wickets to confirm their place in the WPL 2026 final. Batted first, UP Warriorz scored 143 for 8 and RCB chased target in 13.1 overs with eight wickets remaining.

Grace Harris, scoring 75 off 37 balls and taking 2/22 in 3 overs, earned the Player of the Match award.

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Toss

Smriti Mandhana won the toss and put UP Warriorz in to bat.

U.P.Warriorz Innings

All rounder Deepti Sharma opened the batting alongside captain Meg Lanning. Both gave UP Warriorz a solid start , adding 74 runs for the opening stand in 8.1 overs. Nadine de Klerk provided RCB their first breakthrough, dismissing UP Warriorz captain Meg Lanning for 41 runs.

Deepti Sharma top scorer for UP Warriorz with 55 (Image Credit:- X)

Amy Jones, played her first match of the season, got out cheaply for just one run. She was trapped in front of the stumps by Nadine de Klerk. UP Warriorz then lost momentum as they began losing wickets at regular intervals.

Deepti Sharma, promoted as an opener went on to score a fine half century. She was finally dismissed for 55 in the 19th over by RCB spinner Shreyanka Patil.

At the end of the innings, UP Warriorz finished on 143 for 8.

Wicket takers Royal Challengers Bengaluru

South Africa pacer Nadine de Klerk helped RCB to restrict UP Warriorz to 143. She picked up four wickets for 22 runs in her four over spell, putting RCB in a good position.

Nadine de Klerk shines with the ball for RCB (Image Credit:- X)

Grace Harris (2/22 in 3 overs) , Lauren Bell (1/21 in 4 overs) and Shreyanka Patil (1/27 in 4 overs) are the other wicket takers for RCB.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Innings

Openers Grace Harris and Smriti Mandhana took the attack to UP Warriorz bowlers, dominating the chase from start. Harris was the more dominant of the two, scoring a blistering 75 runs from just 37 balls. Shikha Pandey clean bowled Grace Harris to broke the 108 run opening stand.

Harris named Player of the Match for her all round performance (Image Credit:- X)

Mandhana hit another half century and scored the winning run, sealing RCB’s spot in the WPL 2026 final. She remains unbeaten on 54 runs from 27 balls.

Wicket Takers UP Warriorz

Asha Sobhana (1/24 in 2 overs) and Shikha Pandey (1/36 in 4 overs) are the wicket takers for UP Warriorz.

Next Match – 30/01/2026

Gujarat Giants Women vs Mumbai Indians Women , 07:30 PM.