- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.1 de Klerk into the attack, and de Klerk into the wickets! Full ball just outside off. Lanning looks at the width and wants to go inside-out. Slices across it a little too much, though, and Radha, stood at sweeper cover, is placed for exactly that sort of miscue. Regulation chance and Lanning, who throws her head back in disappointment, has to trudge off, nine short of a half-century! 74/118.6 change of fielder, and change of fortunes for RCB! Darted in on a length down leg. Deepti tries to lift it over short fine leg but this time, she has to contend with de Klerk, who had just replaced Bell in that spot. The South African lunges to her left and takes it superbly, bringing an end to Deepti's vigil. The third umpire has been called into action for some reason. Not sure why. Maybe to check if de Klerk grassed the ball as she was tumbling but if that is not a clean catch, nothing will ever be. Clean catch confirmed, and Deepti has to depart! 137/68.5 de Klerk pleads and pleads and pleads, and the umpire raises his finger! Length ball on middle and this seems to zip back in. Jones, trapped on the crease, has a swing at it. Misses and gets smashed on the back leg. This looked pretty good in real time, but Jones wants to chance her luck with DRS. Well, this looks like a wasted review now. No bat involved and Ball Tracking has the ball thundering into leg stump. Jones, on WPL debut, has to go and she takes a review along with her too! 78/211.5 knocks her over, and Harris breaks a promising UPW stand! Fired in on a back of a length just outside off. Spins in a little with the angle but most definitely keeps low. Deol tries to work it too square and the lack of bounce does for her. Off stump pegged back, and this is a timely breakthrough for the table-toppers! 95/313.2 stumped by a mile, but there might have been bat involved anyway! Pulls the length back outside off, perhaps anticipating the charge. Tryon continues down the track still and is nowhere near the pitch of the ball. It goes on with the arm, scrapes the outside edge and Ghosh, just to be doubly sure, also whips off the bails, with Tryon stranded. Harris has two, and RCB continue to plug away! 103/416.1 does her all ends up, and Bell has another! Beautifully-disguised slower ball, hung up on a length wide outside off. Sehrawat charges but has no clue this is the variation. Has to reach out and swishes way too early. Skews off the outer half of the bat and Mandhana, settling under it in the cover region, does the rest! 122/519.5 holes out to long on, and de Klerk has four! Another attempted yorker that does not quite land where de Klerk wants it to. A low full toss outside off but all Simran manages is a swat straight to Reddy at long on. de Klerk now the holder of the Purple Cap, and UPW are eight down! 143/819.2 massive lbw shout, and given! Zinged in full on middle and leg. Ecclestone, rooted to the crease, has an ungainly swipe across the line. Gets nowhere close to the ball and gets rattled on the back leg. Seemed pretty straight prima facie and Ecclestone does not even bother with the review! 138/7Extras9 (lb 5, w 4)TOTAL143/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.15)Did not bat: K GaudFall of wickets: 1-74 (Meg Lanning, 8.1 ov), 2-78 (Amy Jones, 8.5 ov), 3-95 (Harleen Deol, 11.5 ov), 4-103 (Chloe Tryon, 13.2 ov), 5-122 (Shweta Sehrawat, 16.1 ov), 6-137 (Deepti Sharma, 18.6 ov), 7-138 (Sophie Ecclestone, 19.2 ov), 8-143 (Simran Shaikh, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB LK Bell 4 0 21 1 5.25 14 1 1 3 0 SG Satghare 2 0 21 0 10.5 4 2 1 1 0 SR Patil 4 0 27 1 6.75 9 4 0 0 0 A Reddy 1 0 14 0 14 2 3 0 0 0 N de Klerk 4 0 22 4 5.5 10 2 0 0 0 GM Harris 3 0 22 2 7.33 6 3 0 0 0 RP Yadav 2 0 11 0 5.5 4 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.1 Keeps low to hit the stumps. No hundred for Harris. Was a cross-seam ball on a length angling in. Harris stepped leg side a touch and looked to flick it, played down the wrong line and got beaten 108/112.6 goes straight up, and Voll perishes with the scores level! Asha deceives Voll in flight completely. On a length on middle and off. Dips on Voll late and she is nowhere near the pitch of the ball. Has a hack across the line and the ball skews up off the top edge. Simran settles under it at mid off and does the rest. Only delaying the inevitable, though! 143/2Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL147/2 (13.1 Overs, RR: 11.16)Fall of wickets: 1-108 (Grace Harris, 9.1 ov), 2-143 (Georgia Voll, 12.6 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
29 January 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women 2, UP Warriorz Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 0 wicket)
- Over 5.4: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AK Argal, Batter - MM Lanning (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- UP Warriorz Women: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (MM Lanning 26, DB Sharma 20, Ex 4)
- Strategic Timeout: UP Warriorz Women - 50/0 in 6.0 overs (MM Lanning 26, DB Sharma 20)
- Over 8.5: Review by UP Warriorz Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Sahasrabudhe, Batter - AE Jones (Struck down)
- UP Warriorz Women: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: UP Warriorz Women - 106/4 in 14.0 overs (DB Sharma 34, S Sehrawat 2)
- DB Sharma: 50 off 40 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 19.3: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AK Argal, Batter - Simran Shaikh (Struck down)
- Innings Break: UP Warriorz Women - 143/8 in 20.0 overs (A Sobhana 0, S Pandey 0)
- Over 19.6: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AK Argal, Batter - S Pandey (Struck down)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 0 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (25 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (GM Harris 43, S Mandhana 8, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women - 63/0 in 6.0 overs (GM Harris 49, S Mandhana 12)
- GM Harris: 50 off 28 balls (9 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: 100 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 51 balls (GM Harris 74, S Mandhana 26, Ex 2)
- S Mandhana: 50 off 26 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsDe Klerk leads Purple Cap table; Mandhana up to No. 2 in Orange Cap race
Nat Sciver-Brunt continues to lead the WPL Orange Cap table, but Smriti Mandhana has pushed Harmanpreet Kaur to third place
Never-give-up de Klerk does it for RCB, night after big night
On Thursday night, Nadine de Klerk picked up four wickets to derail UP Warriorz, effectively knocking them out of the WPL and putting Royal Challengers Bengaluru directly in the final
De Klerk, Harris tear UPW apart to take RCB into final
UPW are all but out of the playoffs race
RCB opt to field, bring in Vastrakar for Naik
UPW brought in Amy Jones and Simran Shaikh for Phoebe Litchfield and Kiran Navgire
RCB vs UPW: A battle between top and bottom in a wide open WPL
Warriorz need to replace Litchfield with their season on the line while RCB need to arrest a slump


