- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.3 oh, this touches the moon, and it is gobbled up by Grace Harris! Is there anything de Klerk cannot do! On a length just outside off. Lee opens up her stance and tries to smash that into next week. Miscues it completely, though, and only gets height. Harris runs in well off the long on fence and does the rest. Massive wicket for RCB! 72/25.5 nicked and gone! And Shafali falls! Banged into the track again on off, and this seems to come off slower than Shafali expects. She swipes herself off her feet and all she manages is a snick through to Ghosh, who snaffles up a very smart chance. Reddy roars in delight, and the Capitals' opening partnership is broken just before that magic 50-run mark! 49/119.6 run-out off the final ball! Low full toss outside off. Wolvaardt cannot get under it fully and chips it on the bounce to long off. Henry hares back for the second but there is no chance Wolvaardt is making it back. Short by perhaps half of the pitch, and the Capitals finish on 203! 203/415.6 oh dear - what have you done, Jemi Rodrigues! This is a full toss on the pads and ought to have been deposited into the river. Instead, Rodrigues shanks it. And she shanks it so badly that de Klerk comes into play at deep backward square leg. A simple catch and Rodrigues cannot quite believe what has happened. Tough to believe it as an onlooker too, after batting so well, but RCB have the breakthrough they had been craving! 148/3Extras10 (w 10)TOTAL203/4 (20 Overs, RR: 10.15)Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Shafali Verma, 5.5 ov), 2-72 (Lizelle Lee, 7.3 ov), 3-148 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 15.6 ov), 4-203 (Laura Wolvaardt, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB LK Bell 4 0 19 0 4.75 12 2 0 1 0 SG Satghare 4 0 46 1 11.5 7 2 3 3 0 A Reddy 4 0 40 1 10 2 3 1 1 0 SR Patil 2 0 32 0 16 3 6 1 0 0 N de Klerk 4 0 48 1 12 6 6 2 1 0 RP Yadav 2 0 18 0 9 2 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 middle stump out of the ground, and Henry is having a ball in Vadodara! Zinged in on a length on middle and off. Jags back in sharply and Harris has no clue about it. Stabs at it in hope but the ball breezes past the inside edge to leave her middle stump in a mess. Henry is off on a celebratory run and there is no catching her tonight. Huge moment early in the chase! 9/118.4 leg stump smashed, and a million RCB hearts sink! Oh, Chinelle Henry, you absolute champion, and this game turns again! Cross-seam, on a back of a length and zoning into off stump. Mandhana shuffles across, trying to help it fine past the keeper. Moves across too much, though, and soon sees her leg stump out of the ground. DC are pumped. Henry is pumped. RCB in a bit of shock! 191/416.3 skewed a mile up, and Mani keeps DC breathing! Floated up full outside off and Voll's eyes light up. She hares down, trying to tonk this into tomorrow but miscues it completely. A tame shank off the bottom half of the bat and Shafali does the rest at long on. Throws the ball into the turf in disgust, and that probably sums up every DC player and fan's feeling. But this game ain't over yet! 174/217.4 in the air, in the air and taken! Now then. Now then! Slot ball on the stumps and on most days, Ghosh is dumping this out of sight. But this is a final and that just brings a layer of extra pressure. A scuff off the lower half of the blade and long on makes no mistake. Nandani's salute comes out, and DC are not throwing in the towel just yet! 181/3Extras4 (b 2, w 2)TOTAL204/4 (19.4 Overs, RR: 10.37)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Grace Harris, 1.1 ov), 2-174 (Georgia Voll, 16.3 ov), 3-181 (Richa Ghosh, 17.4 ov), 4-191 (Smriti Mandhana, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Kapp 4 0 38 0 9.5 10 8 0 0 0 CA Henry 4 0 34 2 8.5 10 6 0 1 0 NSS Sharma 4 0 41 1 10.25 8 5 2 0 0 N Shree Charani 3.4 0 46 0 12.54 2 7 1 0 0 Shafali Verma 1 0 9 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 M Mani 2 0 19 1 9.5 1 2 0 1 0 S Rana 1 0 15 0 15 0 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women won the 2025/26 Women's Premier League
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.35 start, First Session 19.35-21.05, Interval 21.05-21.25, Second Session 21.25-22.55
Match days
5 February 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 1 wicket)
- Delhi Capitals Women: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 7
- Over 7.1: Review by Delhi Capitals Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - L Lee (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals Women - 83/2 in 9.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 11, JI Rodrigues 8)
- Delhi Capitals Women: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 7
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (L Wolvaardt 9, JI Rodrigues 43, Ex 0)
- JI Rodrigues: 50 off 32 balls (7 x 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals Women - 148/3 in 16.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 27)
- Delhi Capitals Women: 150 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 8
- Over 19.0: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - CA Henry (Struck down)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (L Wolvaardt 12, CA Henry 35, Ex 3)
- Delhi Capitals Women: 200 runs in 19.5 overs (119 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: Delhi Capitals Women - 203/4 in 20.0 overs (CA Henry 35)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (S Mandhana 17, G Voll 30, Ex 3)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women - 71/1 in 7.0 overs (S Mandhana 23, G Voll 36)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: 100 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 4
- G Voll: 50 off 37 balls (9 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 58 balls (S Mandhana 46, G Voll 50, Ex 4)
- S Mandhana: 50 off 23 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: 150 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 82 balls (S Mandhana 74, G Voll 74, Ex 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women - 169/1 in 16.0 overs (S Mandhana 77, G Voll 79)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: 200 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 4
Match Coverage
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The RCB captain was the top-scorer in the final, and the top-scorer of the season too
Stats - RCB's chase in WPL final breaks records
Stats highlights from the WPL 2026 final between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals
DC coach Jonathan Batty: If you keep putting yourself in finals, you will win one
The Delhi Capitals coach had high praise for Jemimah Rodrigues as captain and said Nandani Sharma was the bowler of the season
Mandhana: Bell bowled a match-winning spell, Voll's intent was spot-on
DC captain Jemimah Rodrigues captain praised her team's character as they went down in their fourth straight final



