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Smriti Mandhana (Pic credit: WPL) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru head coach Malolan Rangarajan revealed that captain Smriti Mandhana battled a “massive flu” and high fever while producing a match-winning knock that guided RCB to their second Women’s Premier League title on Thursday. Mandhana’s breathtaking 41-ball 87 helped Bengaluru pull off a record-breaking chase of…
RCB’s captain Smriti Mandhana, left, with teammate Georgia Voll (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) The winners of the Women’s Premier League 2026 final walked away with a prize cheque of Rs 6 crore, underlining the league’s growing financial stability and consistency at the top level of women’s franchise cricket. The amount mirrors the prize money awarded to…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Radha Yadav celebrates after hitting the winning shot during the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. (PTI Photo) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won their second Women’s Premier League (WPL) title after beating Delhi Capitals (DC) by six wickets in the…
The WPL 2026 final brings together a lineup of players who have shaped the season in different ways. On the Indian front, the contest features Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues for Delhi Capitals, matched against Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghosh for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The South African influence is equally prominent, with Marizanne Kapp and…
WPL Final: DC captain Jemimah Rodrigues with RCB counterpart Smriti Mandhana. (ANI Photo) It’s been some transformation for Jemimah Rodrigues as Delhi Capitals captain in the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League. After the first four matches, the Capitals were hugging the bottom of the table with three defeats. The infectious smile that the…
DC captain Jemimah Rodrigues and RCB captain Smriti Mandhana during a press conference ahead of the WPL 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. (PTI Photo) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Smriti Mandhana has a chance to lead her team to…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Grace Harris, right, celebrates with Lauren Bell after taking a wicket. (BCCI via PTI Photo) BENGALURU: There is a quiet certainty about Royal Challengers Bengaluru this season — one forged not in noise, but in belief. As the stakes rise in the Women’s Premier League, Lauren Bell and Gautami Naik spoke of…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s captain Smriti Mandhana and teammate Richa Ghosh celebrate their victory (PTI Photo) Former champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru produced a commanding all-round display to thrash UP Warriorz by eight wickets, sealing their spot in the WPL final and all but ending the opposition’s playoff hopes here on Thursday. After opting to bowl, RCB…
UP vs RCB, WPL Live Score: UP Warriorz enter their penultimate league fixture staring at another disappointing season unless a sharp turnaround arrives immediately. Since finishing third in 2023, their campaign has unravelled year after year, and even bold decisions have failed to arrest the decline. A near-complete squad overhaul, Abhishek Nayar’s arrival as head…
VADODARA: Nat Sciver-Brunt (100 not out) hit the first-ever century of Women’s Premier League history in its fourth edition as dominant Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 15 runs, despite Richa Ghosh’s whirlwind 90, here on Monday.In a must-win game to remain in contention for play-offs, defending champions Mumbai hit their strides to produce…
