Smriti Mandhana, Georgia Voll`s crucial knocks help RCB clinch title

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Smriti Mandhana, Georgia Voll`s crucial knocks help RCB clinch title



Smriti Mandhana, Georgia Voll`s crucial knocks help RCB clinch title

In the WPL 2026 final against Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru emerged victorious by six wickets at the Vadodara International Cricket Stadium in Kotambi.

While chasing a target of 204 runs, Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 204 runs for the loss of four wickets in 19.4 overs.

Opening the innings for RCB, Grace Harris departed after scoring nine runs in seven balls, including two boundaries.

Skipper Smriti Mandhana delivered a knock of 87 runs off 41 deliveries, which was laced with 12 boundaries and three maximums. Shouldering her was Georgia Voll, who smashed 79 runs after facing 54 balls. Her knock included 14 boundaries.

Richa Ghosh was dismissed for six runs in six balls, including a boundary.

Nadine de Klerk and Radha Yadav stayed unbeaten for seven and 12 runs, respectively. Facing five balls, de Klerk smashed a boundary, whereas Yadav also smashed two boundaries in her five-ball knock.

Chinelle Henry bagged two wickets for Delhi Capitals. She bowled four overs and conceded 34 runs. Nandni Sharma and Shafali Verma also chipped in with one wicket each.

Earlier, having put to bat first, Delhi Capitals` opening batswoman Lizelle Lee scored 37 runs in 30 balls, including three boundaries and the same number of maximums. Fellow opening batswoman Shafali Verma smashed 20 runs in 13 balls, which also included three boundaries.

Skipper Jemimah Rodrigues played a knock of 57 runs off 37 balls, which was laced with eight boundaries.

Later, Laura Wolvaardt delivered a knock of 44 runs in 25 balls, with the help of three boundaries and two maximums. Shouldering her was Chinelle Henry, who smashed 35 runs off just 15 deliveries. Her knock also included four boundaries and two maximums. With this, Delhi Capitals posted a total of 203 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

RCB`s Sayali Satghare, Arundhati Reddy, and Nadine de Klerk bagged one wicket each. Having completed four overs each, Satghare conceded 46 runs, and Reddy was smashed for 40 runs. Nadine also gave away 48 runs in her spell of four overs. Lauren Bell, Shreyanka Patil, and Radha Yadav went wicketless in the WPL 2026 final against DC.


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