WPL 2026 Prize Money: The Women’s Premier League 2026 once again got not a new champion but an old winner. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the title for the second time by defeating Delhi Capitals. In the final match played on Thursday, RCB won by 6 wickets and along with the trophy, also deposited huge prize money in their account. The story remained the same for Delhi Capitals – the trophy slipped away even after reaching the finals.

wpl 2026 prize money list

Winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Prize Money – 6 crore rupees

Runner up: Delhi Capitals (DC)

Prize Money – Rs 3 crore

Player of the Tournament: Sophie Devine

Prize Money – 5 lakh rupees

Orange Cap (most runs): Smriti Mandhana

Prize Money – 5 lakh rupees

Purple Cap (most wickets): Sophie Devine

Prize Money – 5 lakh rupees

Most sixes in the tournament

Sophie Devine – 5 lakh rupees

Best Strike Rate Award

Grace Harris – 5 lakh rupees

Player of the match of the final

Smriti Mandhana – Rs 2.5 lakh

Emerging Player of the Season

Nandini Sharma – 5 lakh rupees

match status

Batting first, Delhi Capitals put 203 runs on the board after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. The team got a good start from openers Shefali Verma (20) and Lizelle Lee (37), but the pace slowed down a bit due to the fall of wickets in the middle overs. Despite this, Jemimah Rodriguez (57) played captaincy innings and took the team to a strong position. The fast runs in the last overs took Delhi to a big score, which could not be considered easy under the pressure of the final.

Smriti and Voll changed the course of the match

RCB’s chase of the target started with a blow from Grace Harris (9), but after that captain Smriti Mandhana took charge. Georgia Voll (79 runs) made a long partnership with him and pushed the Delhi bowlers on the backfoot. Both of them never allowed the run pace to slow down and completely turned the match in favor of RCB. Some wickets did fall in the last overs, but the team showed patience and achieved the target in 19.4 overs.

Delhi’s fourth final, fourth disappointment

For Delhi Capitals, this was the fourth consecutive time that the team played the final, but failed to win the title. Despite strong performance every season, failure in the decisive match is becoming Delhi’s biggest problem. This defeat was very disappointing not only for the players but also for the franchise and fans.