Royal Challengers Bangalore have won their second title by defeating Delhi Capitals in the final of the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2026). Congratulating the team and captain Smriti Mandhana for the victory, Virat Kohli said that you deserve this victory. Kohli plays for RCB men’s team, know what he wrote while congratulating.

This is the third trophy for the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in 3 consecutive years. In 2024, RCB women’s team became champion for the first time. In 2025, RCB men’s team won its first title, this was also Virat Kohli’s first IPL title. Now RCB has become champion for the third consecutive year.

Virat Kohli congratulated like this

Virat Kohli shared a photo of the RCB women’s team holding the trophy on Instagram and wrote, “Champions again. Flying the RCB flag high and something you all can be proud of. Many congratulations to Smriti Mandhana and the entire team and management for this wonderful win. You guys deserve it, no doubt about it. Enjoy this moment and feel the love of our wonderful fans.”

What happened in WPL 2026 finals

Batting first, Delhi Capitals made a huge score of 203 runs. Delhi captain Jemima played an amazing inning of 57 runs in 37 balls. Laura Wolvaardt (44) and Lizelle Lee (37) also played good innings.

RCB had a bad start, Grace Harris (9) was out in the second over. But Georgia Woll, who came after her, took the innings forward at a fast pace along with Smriti Mandhana. There was a partnership of 165 runs between the two for the second wicket. Georgia scored 79 runs in 54 balls with the help of 14 fours. There was some hope for Delhi after Smriti Mandhana’s wicket fell at the last moment.

Smriti Mandhana played a brilliant inning of 87 runs in 41 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 12 fours, for which she was chosen Player of the Match. Dropping the catch of Radha Yadav cost Delhi dearly, RCB achieved the target in the last over and won by 6 wickets.

Radha Yadav Seals Victory For RCB In Last-Over Drama: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has won the Women’s Premier League title for the second time by defeating Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets. This title match was played at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara last night i.e. on 5th February. Chasing the huge target of 204 runs given by Delhi Capitals, RCB registered victory amid high-voltage drama that lasted till the last balls of the match. In the last over of this match, RCB needed 10 runs to win, but before the victory of RCB in the match, amazing drama was seen.

Amazing drama was seen in the last over.

The most exciting turn of the title match played between RCB and Delhi Capitals came in the last over, when 10 runs were needed to win. Radha Yadav put the team on the verge of victory by hitting two fours. During this time, amazing drama was seen on the field. Radha hit fours on the second and fourth balls of this over, but before hitting a four on the fourth ball, Delhi wicketkeeper Lizelle Lee’s hand touched the stumps, due to which the wickets fell and a situation of confusion was created for a moment. The umpires confirmed the victory after mutual discussion and then the entire stadium echoed with slogans of ‘RCB-RCB’.

Mandhana-Wall played amazing innings

Captain Smriti Mandhana and Georgia Wall laid the foundation of RCB’s historic victory. Mandhana, while playing the captaincy innings, played an excellent inning of 87 runs in just 41 balls, which included 12 fours and 3 sixes. His fellow batsman Georgia Wall scored 79 runs in 54 balls with the help of 14 fours.

Radha and De Klerk finished the match

Radha Yadav and Nadine de Klerk batted intelligently and led the team to victory. Both these batsmen remained patient till the end and made the team champion with two balls remaining. This defeat was very disappointing for Delhi Capitals, because they fought till the end but in the end the experience of RCB and the strong batting of Smriti Mandhana overpowered them.

The final match of the Women’s Premier League 2026 (WPL 2026) will be played on Thursday (05 February) between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the BCA Stadium in Vadodara. Let us tell you that Delhi has made it to the finals for the fourth consecutive time. On the other hand, Bengaluru will enter the field with the intention of winning its second title. If you are also excited about this match and want to know when, where and how you can watch it live, then here you will get complete information.

This is the fourth edition of the Women’s IPL. In the three previous editions played, Mumbai Indians have got their names written on the trophy twice and Bengaluru once. Now it will be interesting to see whether this time the tournament gets a new winner or whether the old team i.e. RCB wins the title for the second time.

When will the match happen?

So let us tell you that the final match of Women’s Premier League 2026 will be played between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday, February 05. According to Indian time, the match will start at 7:30 pm. The toss will take place at 7:00 pm.

Where will the match take place?

The title match of Women’s IPL will be played at BCA Stadium in Vadodara.

Where to watch live on TV in India?

The final of the Women’s Premier League will be telecast live on TV in India via Star Sports Network.

How to watch live for free on mobile?

The final match will be streamed live in India through JioHotstar, through which you will be able to watch the match on mobile, laptop and smart TV. Now the question is how can you watch the match for free?

If you use Jio SIM, you get JioHotstar plan for free with some recharge. In this way you can watch the match for free. If you recharge Jio for Rs 500 per month, you will get all OTT subscriptions, which will also include JioHotstar. Along with the remaining recharge, you will have to pay separately to watch the match.

RCB’s probable playing 11 for the match

Grace Harris, Smriti Mandhana (captain), Georgia Woll, Richa Ghosh, Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Lauren Bell, Sayali Satghare.

Probable playing 11 of Delhi Capitals for the match

Lizelle Lee, Shafali Verma, Laura Wolvaardt, Jemimah Rodriguez (captain), Nikki Prasad, Marijne Kapp, Chinelle Henry, Sneh Rana, Nallapureddy Charani, Minnu Mani, Nandini Sharma.

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.

WPL 2026 Eliminator Match Result: In the eliminator match of Women’s Premier League 2026, Delhi Capitals defeated Gujarat Giants by 7 wickets. In this eliminator match played in Vadodara, Gujarat team batted first and scored 168 runs. In reply, Delhi batsmen entered the final by winning the match with 26 balls remaining. Now Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore will clash in the final match (WPL Final 2026 Teams).

Delhi Capitals is the first team in WPL history, which has reached the finals four times so far. Although she has not been able to become champion even once. This time the Delhi team has achieved this feat under the captaincy of Jemimah Rodrigues. In the eliminator match, Captain Rodrigues made a valuable contribution to the team’s victory by playing an inning of 41 runs in 23 balls.

Delhi’s easy victory

Beth Mooney played an inning of 62 runs in 51 balls for Gujarat Giants. Apart from him, Georgia Wareham contributed 35 runs. In the last overs, Kashvi Gautam played a cameo inning of 18 runs in 10 balls, but despite all this, Gujarat team could score only 168 runs.

In reply, Lizelle Lee and Shefali Verma gave a good and bright start to the Delhi team. Together, both of them scored 89 runs in just 7 overs and laid the foundation of Delhi Capitals’ victory. Lee and Verma lost their wickets in just 3 days. After that, Laura Woolworth and captain Jemimah Rodrigues took the responsibility and made a partnership of 68 runs and almost ensured Delhi’s victory.

Rodrigues was out after scoring 41 runs, but Woolworth returned unbeaten after scoring 32 runs. Now on February 5, Delhi Capitals will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final of WPL 2026.

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