WPL 2026: RCB wins its second title by defeating DC in the final

Updated: 05-02-2026, 05.49 PM

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In the final match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the title by defeating Delhi Capitals (DC) by 6 wickets. In the final held in Vadodara, DC batted first and scored 203/4 thanks to captain Jemimah Rodriguez’s half-century (57). In reply, RCB achieved the target with the help of innings of captain Smriti Mandhana (87) and Georgia Wall (79). Let’s take a look at the records made in the match.

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In this way the final match was interesting

DC got the first blow in the form of Shafali Verma (20), while Lizelle Lee was out after scoring 37 runs in 20 balls. After this, Rodriguez and Laura Wolvadt (44) took over the innings. At the same time, Shinel Henry scored an unbeaten 35 runs in an aggressive manner and took the team to a big score. In reply, after the early dismissal of Grace Harris (9), Mandhana and Wall played good innings. Ultimately RCB achieved the target in 19.4 overs.

Rodriguez

Rodriguez scored second half-century in WPL 2026

Batting first after losing the toss, Rodriguez came to the crease when DC lost its second wicket at the score of 72 runs. He completed his half-century in 32 balls while batting at a good run rate against the RCB bowlers. She was out after scoring 57 runs in 37 balls. Rodriguez scored 264 runs in 10 innings in WPL 2026 at an average of 33.00 and a strike rate of 141.93. He also scored 2 half-centuries.

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Georgia Wall played a good innings

When RCB lost its first wicket at the score of 9 runs while chasing the target, Wall came to the crease. He took full advantage of the powerplay overs and batted well against DC’s average bowling. This Australian batsman completed his half-century in 37 balls. She was out after playing an innings of 79 runs in 54 balls. He also hit 14 fours in this innings.

Mandhana played captaincy innings

While chasing the challenging target, RCB lost the wicket of Grace Harris early. Despite this, captain Mandhana batted aggressively and completed her half-century in just 23 balls. During this innings, he also crossed the mark of 1,000 runs in his WPL. She was out after scoring 87 runs in 41 balls with the help of 12 fours and 3 sixes. She was the highest run-scorer in WPL 2026.

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Wall and Mandhana made record partnership

Wall and Mandhana together made a partnership of 165 runs in 92 balls for the second wicket. This became a new record for the highest partnership for any wicket in the history of WPL. Earlier, Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma (DC) had made a 162-run partnership against RCB in WPL 2023. The third highest partnership in this list is recorded by Jess Jonassen and Shafali (146 runs vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2025).

RCB won its second title

This proved to be RCB’s second title win in the history of WPL. Earlier, in the 2024 edition also, RCB had become the winner. Interestingly, even then RCB was captained by Mandhana. Apart from RCB, Mumbai Indians (MI) have become winners 2 times (2023 and 2025). At the same time, DC team has not been able to win the title till now. Interestingly, DC had entered the finals for the fourth time.