WPL 2026: RCB defeated UPW and recorded its second consecutive win, these records were made

Updated: 12-01-2026, 04.59 PM

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In the 5th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated UP Warriors (UPW) by 9 wickets. This was his second consecutive win in this edition. Earlier it had won against Mumbai Indians (MI). At the same time, UPW has lost for the second consecutive match. Batting first in the match, UPW scored 143/5 runs. In reply, RCB achieved the target by losing just one wicket.

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RCB registered victory like this

In the match, RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first and it proved to be right. He dropped 5 wickets for UPW at a total score of just 50 runs. However, after this Deepti Sharma (45*) and Diandra Dottin (40*) played excellent innings taking the score to 143/5. In reply, RCB achieved the target by losing one wicket from the innings of openers Grace Harris (85) and Smriti Mandhana (47*).

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Deepti and Dottin took over the innings of UPW

Deepti and Dottin provided support to UPW, which was struggling with the score at 50/5 at one point in the match. Both of them first batted with restraint and then scored runs rapidly and took the score beyond 140. There was an unbeaten partnership of 93 runs between the two. Deepti remained unbeaten on 45 runs in 35 balls with 5 fours and 1 six, while Dottin scored 40 runs in 37 balls with 3 fours and 1 six.

Harris played the best innings of his WPL career

Harris batted brilliantly and scored a half-century for RCB. This was the fourth half-century of his WPL career, which he completed in just 22 balls. She was out after scoring 85 runs in 40 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes. He now has over 680 runs in 24 matches in the WPL at an average of over 34 and a strike rate of over 146. His best performance came in this match.

Dottin bowled the joint most expensive over in WPL

In the match, an unwanted record was registered in the name of UPW bowler Dottin. He spent a total of 32 runs in his first and sixth overs of the innings. This has been the joint most expensive over in WPL history. In this matter, he has equaled Sneh Rana, who gave away 32 runs in one over against Gujarat Giants on Sunday. Dottin had 3 sixes, 3 fours, one no ball and one wide ball in this over.