11.25pm Well, RCB's stunning run of form continues and with a few rest days coming up after a gruelling schedule, they'll be happy to go into the break knowing they are assured of a playoffs spot. One more win will seal a berth in the final for them, so that's enough motivation for the next game. For Gujarat Giants, the stakes only go up now for their remaining games as the logjam in the table below RCB only intensifies. That's all from us today. On behalf of Chetan and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo, it's Abhimanyu signing off. And as I go, I'll leave you all with some fun stats, courtesy Sampath.

Consecutive wins for a team in the WPL: 6* - RCB, 2025-2026 5 - MI in 2023 5 - MI, 2023-2024 5 - RCB, 2024-2025 4 - DC in 2024

MI (5 in 2023) and RCB (5* in 2026) are the only teams to start their campaign with three or more consecutive wins.

RCB have had five different PoTM awardees in the five matches so far. MI in 2023 and RCB in 2024 also had five different players with a PoTM award.

11.12pm Our man Raunak Kapoor is hosting the presentation ceremony today.

The Player of the Match? It's Gautami Naik: "Very grateful to God for this opportunity and I would like to also thank the RCB management. The trust they showed in me, I repaid that today. [On her journey in domestic cricket] I was enjoying cricket. I just wanted a chance. It didn't matter where. It was a long journey. I can't tell you how hard I have worked for this moment. My family, my coaches, I was only able to achieve this thanks to them. I would like to dedicate this award to my sir and my family. I am here because of them and they have taken a lot of efforts today. [Her favourite shot] I think the six I hit, that I enjoyed because that changed the momentum and I was playing with more confidence.

Smriti Mandhana: "Very happy. Again the way we started, to get 180 from there was a very good effort. Very happy for Gautami, coming in at the biggest stage and batting at 10 for 2 and then to bat the way she did. Execution of bowling plans was spot on. [On Naik] I think the attitude she has had [stood out] even when she didn't get a chance to bat. Today again, her application was spot on. The wicket wasn't easy to bat but she understood very quickly and adapted very well. When I was batting out there and we lost Grace and Voll and whatever balls I played, at the strategic timeout I told the team I feel 160-plus is a good total. Anything above that is a bonus. But it's on the girls to adapt quickly and I am glad they did. [On different players stepping up] Always great to see that. Everyone has had an important moment in this WPL even when they are not winning POTM. Looking forward to the break. To play three matches in four days with a travel day, extremely proud of the girls. Not easy to play high intensity matches and play again. Message will just be to take a break for a couple of days. We've not been really big on what's going to happen after 10 or 15 days. It's about doing each day right, including practice sessions. Credit to our support staff for keeping everyone happy. We are just looking forward to going out tomorrow and day after coming back to practice hard for the next match."

Nadine de Klerk, who now has the Purple Cap: "It's really easy to go on after the way Bell has opened the bowling. She's picked up some of the big hitters up front this season and makes it easier for me. Just keeping it nice and simple and trying to back up the other bowlers. It's been tough for the bowlers in Mumbai so I think to come over here, and credit to our batters for making it look easy getting to 178. It was always going to be tough to chase 180 and credit to our bowlers. We were just looking to bowl it on the stumps. We have really good bowlers that operate in the powerplay. Sayali's come in and had a massive impact. And then my job is to try and come in and hit the stumps and just mix it up and try to close it on the back end. Bowling group has been great this season. [Team's confidence level on a scale of 0-10] I would say 12, to be honest. Different people have put their hands up in different games, not relying on a few players. Different bowlers, different batters have stepped up in the games. That's been a massive key to our success in the last five games."

Gardner: "It's pretty frustrating. I just feel we are not winning the small moments. We need to win these last three games, but overall pretty frustrating. [On the pitch] If you look at our dismissals, we were going across the line. I guess the way we need to go forward is to try and play really straight. A lot of the positive options were down the ground so you give yourself the best chance even when the ball does stay low. [On dismissing Mandhana] The bounce was not necessarily true and the ball wasn't staying consistent from same lengths. I knew I have a good matchup against Smriti so was just trying to stay nice and straight knowing she's really good square of the wicket. [On her innings] I was pretty angry out there to be quite honest. I was just really frustrated. I was either hitting good shots to fielders or missing the ball. Upon reflection, I was trying to hit the ball too hard."

11pm Navi Mumbai, Baroda, wherever. RCB just keep on winning! They now know they'll finish in the top three, and next on their agenda will be securing a finish on top of the table. They also become the first team in the WPL to win six games in a row, including the last game of the previous season. It's Gautami Naik who leads RCB off, emerging as their latest hero with the bat. But once RCB got to what looked like an above-par total, their bowling delivered yet again with Bell and Satghare near unplayable. One Giants slipped to 34 for 4, there was no coming back and Ash Gardner's half-century could only help them register a respectable total, although they still couldn't touch 120. For Giants, it's three defeats on the trot after two wins to start. RCB have also completed a double over Giants now.

Nadine de Klerk will do the formality of bowling this final over. Around the wicket to Kanwar