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Royal Challengers Bengaluru eye their sixth win to shut out the league stage, while UP Warriorz hope to remain alive.
RCB had beaten UPW by 9 wickets of their previous meeting. (PTI Photo)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru tackle the UP Warriorz of their next match of the Women’s Premier League 2026 in Vadodara on Thursday. Led by Smriti Mandhana, RCB are eyeing their sixth victory of the league stage, which is able to seal their top spot on the table and provides them a direct entry into the WPL 2026 final.
Mandhana‘s team went through a powerful five-match winning streak before stumbling against three-time runners-up Delhi Capitals and defending champions Mumbai Indians. A win would reinforce RCB’s dominance and provides them significant momentum before the summit clash.
In stark contrast, the Warriorz require a victory to remain alive within the competition after having gone down 4 times in six matches. They didn’t construct on their pair of implausible wins over MI and suffered a large loss against the Gujarat Giants of their last game.
With their play-off hopes hanging by a skinny rope, Meg Lanning’s Warriorz must not only win their remaining two matches but additionally need a large NRR boost along the best way.
RCB Vs UPW Probable Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Grace Harris, Smriti Mandhana (c), Georgia Voll, Gautami Naik, Richa Ghosh (wk), Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy, Sayali Satghare, Shreyanka Patil, Lauren Bell
UP Warriorz: Meg Lanning (c), Kiran Navgire, Phoebe Litchfield, Harleen Deol, Chloe Tryon, Shweta Sehrawat (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Asha Sobhana Joy, Shikha Pandey, Kranti Gaud
RCB Vs UPW Vadodara Pitch Report
Despite us approaching the fag end of the Vadodara leg of the WPL, each teams can expect the surface on the BCA Stadium to retain its true bounce and overall good batting conditions. The previous game on the venue saw each Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants reach over the 170-mark.
RCB Vs UPW Match Prediction
Despite RCB failing to proceed their dominance against MI and DC, one would back them to prevail against the Warriorz once more. Mandhana’s team boasts great depth in each departments and would even have fond memories of beating the Warriorz comprehensively earlier within the tournament.
RCB Vs UPW Full Squads
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Grace Harris, Smriti Mandhana (c), Georgia Voll, Gautami Naik, Richa Ghosh (wk), Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy, Sayali Satghare, Shreyanka Patil, Lauren Bell, Prathyoosha Kumar, Prema Rawat, Dayalan Hemalatha, Pooja Vastrakar, Linsey Smith
UP Warriorz: Meg Lanning (c), Kiran Navgire, Phoebe Litchfield, Harleen Deol, Chloe Tryon, Shweta Sehrawat (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Asha Sobhana Joy, Shikha Pandey, Kranti Gaud, Charli Knott, Deandra Dottin, Trisha Gongadi, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh, Pratika Rawal, Suman Meena
Vadodara, India, India
January 29, 2026, 06:00 IST
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