By Admin 
The final of the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2026) will be played today between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals. You can gauge how close friends Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues, the captains of both the teams, are, from the fact that when Smriti’s marriage broke, she had taken a big decision of not going to the Big Bash League. Well, today Jemima will give her all to get her team the first title.
In the Women’s Premier League 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore secured a place in the direct finals by topping the points table, while Delhi Capitals finished third. By defeating Gujarat in the eliminator, Delhi became the second finalist, who had lost 4 out of 8 matches in the double round robin.
Delhi Capitals in the final for the fourth consecutive time
The first edition of the Women’s Premier League was played in the year 2023, since then Delhi Capitals has made it to the finals in every edition. Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first title by defeating Delhi in 2024, while Delhi lost to Mumbai in the other two finals. Now Delhi would like to break this sequence and win its first title. This season, in the round robin format, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost 2 matches, one of which was against Delhi Capitals.
Probable playing 11 of RCB and DC
RCB: Grace Harris, Smriti Mandhana (captain), Georgia Woll, Radha Yadav, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Nadine de Klerk, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Sayli Satghare, Shreyanka Patil, Lauren Bell.
DC: Shafali Verma, Lizelle Lee (wk), Laura Wolvaardt, Jemimah Rodrigues (captain), Marizanne Kapp, Chinelle Henry, Nikki Prasad, Sneh Rana, Minu Mani, Shree Charani, Nandini Sharma.
BCA Stadium, Kotambi Pitch Report
The final of the Women’s Premier League 2026 will be played at the BCA Stadium in Vadodara. This pitch is considered slow, but this was not seen in the eliminator match. Batting first, Gujarat scored 168 runs, Delhi achieved the target in the 16th over itself. Dew can prove to be a big factor here, so the decision to bowl first after winning the toss will be right. A good batting pitch can be seen in the final. The team batting first will need to reach a score of 190 or 200, this will increase the pressure on the team chasing the target.
match prediction
Of course, Delhi Capitals made a good comeback in the last matches and played brilliantly, but Royal Challengers Bangalore look stronger. Smriti Mandhana is the third highest run scorer in this edition, who has scored 290 runs in 8 innings. Delhi’s Nandani Sharma is the second highest wicket taker this season, having taken 16 wickets. After this, RCB’s Nadine de Klerk is at third place, who has taken 15 wickets. Today RCB seems to have the upper hand a little more.