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.

Deeya Yadav Became The Youngest Player To Debut In The WPL: Vaibhav Suryavanshi had created history by debuting in the Indian Premier League at the age of just 14. After which, Vaibhav became the youngest player to play in IPL. Almost a year after this historic achievement of Vaibhav, now a new record has been created for the youngest player to debut in the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2026). 16 year old Diya Yadav has achieved this feat while making her debut in the match played between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals on Tuesday, January 20 in Vadodara. With this, while playing for Delhi, this young batsman has got his name registered in the record book of WPL.

Youngest player to be bought in WPL 2026 auction

In the auction held in November 2025 for WPL 2026, Diya Yadav caught everyone’s attention when Delhi Capitals bought her at the base price of Rs 10 lakh. In this way, she also became the youngest player to be bought in the WPL auction. However, the wait was for his debut, which was not possible in the initial matches of the WPL 2026 season. But after 3 defeats in the first 4 matches, Delhi Capitals finally gave a chance to young batsman Diya Yadav.

It had to be Delhi. It had to be Shafali handing her the cap

Go well, Deeya pic.twitter.com/0mpN4TXzjQ

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) January 20, 2026

Diya Yadav made the record of being the youngest to debut in WPL

In the 13th match of WPL 2026, there was a clash between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals. In this match, Delhi Capitals included right-handed batsman Diya Yadav in the playing eleven for the first time. With this, Diya Yadav, who debuted at the age of just 16 years and 103 days, has become the youngest player of WPL. In this case, Diya broke the record of G Kamalini, who had debuted in the WPL 2025 season at the age of 16 years and 213 days. Coincidentally, just before Diya’s debut, Kamalini was out of WPL 2026 due to injury and in her place Mumbai Indians have included 20-year-old Vaishnavi Sharma in the squad. Vaishnavi also made her debut in this match.

BMC elections may have an impact on the Women’s Premier League. BMC elections are to be held on January 15 and on that day the match between Mumbai Indians and UP Warriors will be played in WPL 2026. It is reported that due to elections, spectators will not be allowed to enter the WPL matches to be held on 14 and 15 January. According to IANS, BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia expressed his views on the possibility of holding WPL matches in empty grounds.

According to news agency IANS, Devjit Saikia said, “There are BMC elections in Mumbai on January 15. Therefore, we are considering that the matches will be held, but we have not yet taken any final decision on whether spectators will be allowed to enter the ground or not. The matches will continue, but the question is whether the spectators will be allowed or not, because Mumbai Police says that they will not be able to provide security on January 14 and 15.”

#BREAKING BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia to IANS on likelihood of WPL 2026 on January 14 & 15 to be held behind closed doors due to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.

“The thing is that there is a local (municipal) election in Mumbai on 15th. So we are… pic.twitter.com/4NN4DUrTMl

— IANS (@ians_india) January 12, 2026

BMC elections are to be held on January 15 and counting of votes will take place on January 16. BCCI has not expressed much concern about the 16th, but Devjit Saikia insisted that matches can be held in empty grounds on the 14th and 15th.

wpl 2026 schedule

In WPL 2026, all the matches are to be played in Navi Mumbai till January 17. The match between Delhi Capitals and UP Warriors will be held on January 14, a day before the BMC elections. The next day i.e. on the election day, the UP team will be seen in action, but this time it will face the home team Mumbai Indians.

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The fourth season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2026) is starting from tomorrow. The tournament will start from 9th February and the final will be played on 5th February. Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriors, these five teams will participate in WPL 2026.

The mega auction for the upcoming season of the Women’s Premier League was held on 27 November 2025. After the auction, the squads of the teams appear to have changed to a great extent. Know here which teams will have the match on the first day and on which channel and mobile app you can watch the live telecast.

Will the first match of WPL 2026 be held tomorrow?

The first match of WPL 2026 will be played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers. Mumbai Indians have won the Women’s Premier League title twice. It has won the trophy in 2023 and 2025. Whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore won the trophy in the 2024 season.

When and where to watch live matches?

The live matches of the WPL 2026 tournament will be telecast on Star Sports Network. Whereas mobile users can watch live matches on Jio Hotstar app and website. Women’s Premier League matches will start at 7:30 pm Indian time.

WPL 2026 format

The fourth season of the Women’s Premier League will be played in double round-robin format. This means all five teams will face each other twice in the league stage matches. All 5 teams will play eight matches each in the league stage. The team at the top of the points table will go directly to the finals. The teams finishing second and third in the table will also qualify for the playoffs. An eliminator match will be played between the second and third placed teams. The winner of this match will face the table topper in the final.

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Women’s Premier League 2026 Mega Auction: The mega auction of the Women’s Premier League 2026 has ended. A total of 277 players were bid in this auction, in which the names of 194 Indian players and 83 foreign players were included. The 5 teams of this tournament have bought a total of 67 players in the auction, which includes the names of 23 foreign players and 44 Indian players. At the same time, no franchise bid for many legendary players of international cricket. Here we are going to tell about 5 such star players, who have not been bought by any franchise.

5 star players not sold in WPL

1. Alyssa Healy (Australia)

Australian captain Alyssa Healy is one of the greatest players of international cricket. Hilly has more than 3000 runs in his name in T20 International and the Australian captain has so far scored 5 centuries in Australia’s Big Bash League. Despite this, she was not bought by any franchise in the Women’s Premier League.

2. Chamari Atapattu (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu is counted among the best all-rounders in international cricket. Atapattu has so far scored a total of 3458 runs in 146 T20 International matches, which includes three centuries. Apart from this, she has also taken a total of 63 wickets with her bowling. Despite having an excellent record in international cricket, Atapattu did not find any buyer in WPL.

3. Tazmin Brits (South Africa)

South African opening batsman Tajmeen has scored a total of 1719 runs in 65 innings of Brits T20 International at an average of more than 32, in which she has 14 half-centuries to her name. Despite this excellent record, Brits were not bought by any franchise in the Women’s Premier League.

4. Alana King (Australia)

Apart from Australia’s leg spinner Alawa King, no franchise bought him in the mega auction held for the WPL 2026 season. King has played 27 T20 International matches so far, in which he has taken 27 wickets. In ODI, she has taken 72 wickets in 47 matches and has taken 128 wickets in the Women’s Bag Bash League.

5. Heather Knight (England)

Former England captain Heather Knight is the first cricketer in the history of women’s international cricket to score a century in all three formats. Knight has more than 7000 runs in his name in international cricket and Heather also bowls along with batting. Still they did not find any buyer for the WPL 2026 season.

The Women’s Premier League 2026 season can start from January 7. BCCI can approve the names of Mumbai and Baroda for organizing all the matches of WPL 2026. Many women cricketers have declared DY Patil Stadium as their favourite, the first match of the season can be held in this ground. The next season of the Women’s Premier League can run from 7 January to 3 February.

According to Cricbuzz, if things progress as per the current situation, the final match can be played at Kotambi Stadium in Baroda. The Baroda leg can start from January 16, 5 days before that the first match of the India vs New Zealand ODI series will be played at the same ground.

According to the report, BCCI has not yet shared any information in this regard with the team owners. Right now discussions are going on at the informal level. It is being told that the teams will be informed about the start of the season during the WPL auction, which is going to be held on November 27 in Delhi. The names of Lucknow, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Baroda were discussed for organizing the matches, but it is being said that the names of Mumbai and Baroda may be approved.

The last season was played during February-March, but this time due to various reasons the Women’s Premier League can be organized in January. One reason could also be the Men’s T20 World Cup, which is to be played in February-March.

Mumbai Indians is the defending champion of WPL, having won the Women’s Premier League title for the second time by defeating Delhi Capitals in the final of WPL 2025. RCB has won the trophy once. Delhi Capitals has reached the finals thrice, but has not been able to achieve the feat of winning the trophy till now.

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Women’s Premier League 2026 auction (WPL 2026 Auction Date) can be organized in New Delhi. According to Cricbuzz, all the teams have been informed in this regard. It is being told that the auction can be conducted on 26th or 27th November. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not yet confirmed the date of the auction.

According to the report published in Cricbuzz, all the 5 teams Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriors have been informed about the date of the auction. Despite being a WPL mega auction, the auction can be conducted in a single day. Notices have been sent to all the teams that they will have to submit their retention lists by November 5.

Before the auction, each team will be able to retain 5 players. The price of the first player to be retained will be Rs 3.5 crore, while the retention price of the fifth and last player will be Rs 50 lakh. Each team can use five Right to Match cards (RTM), but the number of RTM cards will depend on the players retained by the team. The more players a team retains, the fewer RTM cards will be available.

Each team will have the freedom to retain 3 capped players. A team can retain only 2 foreign players. The price of retaining an uncapped player will be Rs 50 lakh and a franchise can retain two uncapped players. However, the price given to an uncapped player may be different from the amount of Rs 50 lakh.

Total purse and price of retained players

Each team will have a purse of Rs 15 crore in the auction, out of which Rs 9.25 crore will be spent on the 5 retained players.

First retention – 3.5 crores

Second retention – 2.5 crores

Third Retention – 1.75 crores

Fourth Retention – One Crore

Fifth retention – 50 lakhs

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