UP Warriorz vs RCB Women Match Scorecard – WPL 2026 Match 18 Full Summary

The Women premier league UP Warriorz Women vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women match at Kotambi stadium in Vadodara presented a thrilling experience in the field. The two sides were in the game to build their ranking in the tournament. UP Warriorz Women began aggressively with the bat and attempted to develop a competitive aggregate, albeit, RCB Women brought forth in the chase with a strong and assertive display with the bat. They controlled the match at the start and their openers dominated the games with attacking stroke play. The play emphasized the good batting strength of Up Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore cricket match scorecard how they could pursue goals in an emergency situation during a key league game. This article will provide complete information about Up Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore cricket match scorecard.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women vs UP Warriorz Women, Match Details

Match	UP Warriorz Women vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women
Tournament	Women’s Premier League 2026
Match Number	18th Match
Venue	Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Date	29 January 2026
Toss	RCB Women won the toss and elected to field
Result	RCB Women won by 8 wickets
Player of the Match	Grace Harris
UP Warriorz Score	143/8 (20 overs)
RCB Score	147/2 (13.1 overs)

UP Warriorz vs RCB Women Match Overview

The game started with RCB Women winning the toss and chose to bowl first. The move was successful because their bowlers learnt to manage the innings later.

UP Warriorz began on the right note and created a strong ground through their openers. Nevertheless, RCB bowlers came back strongly in the middle overs and collected wickets at an ordinary rate.

The RCB Women chase had been very aggressive. Grace Harris and Smriti Mandhana had controlled the bowling attack and created a mammoth opening. Their offensive batting saw RCB finish the chase easily and score a valuable victory.

Player Squad

UP Warriorz Women Squad

Player	Role
Meg Lanning	Batter (Captain)
Deepti Sharma	All-rounder
Amy Jones	Wicketkeeper Batter
Harleen Deol	Batter
Chloe Tryon	All-rounder
Shweta Sehrawat	Batter
Simran Shaikh	Batter
Sophie Ecclestone	Spin Bowler
Asha Sobhana	Bowler
Shikha Pandey	Fast Bowler
Kranti Gaud	Bowler

RCB Women Squad

Player	Role
Smriti Mandhana	Batter (Captain)
Grace Harris	Batting All-rounder
Georgia Voll	Batter
Richa Ghosh	Wicketkeeper Batter
Radha Yadav	Spin Bowler
Nadine de Klerk	All-rounder
Arundhati Reddy	Fast Bowler
Shreyanka Patil	Spin Bowler
Sayali Satghare	Bowler
Lauren Bell	Fast Bowler
Pooja Vastrakar	All-rounder

Up Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore cricket match scorecard

1st Innings Scorecard

UP Warriorz started their innings in full throttle with Meg Lanning and Deepti Sharma taking up the batting. Both players were cautious in the beginning and aimed at developing a partnership.

Meg Lanning was in good touch, and delivered a few brilliant hits. She made 41 runs out of 30 balls and assisted the team in attaining a good positioning on the powerplay overs. Deepti Sharma was on her side and she kept on scoring even when Lanning was sent back. She batted a composed and responsible innings and she ultimately made 55 points out of 43 balls, making her the most prolific run-scorer of UK Warriorz. But the middle order had difficulty in increasing the run rate. Harleen Deol, Shweta Sehrawat, and Chloe Tryon did not make big contributions. RCB bowlers exploited the situation and continued to take wickets at one-time intervals. The best bowler on the RCB was Nadine de Klerk and she ended with four wickets, which significantly helped to hold UP Warriorz to 143 runs.

UP Warriorz Women Batting Scorecard

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike Rate
Meg Lanning	41	30	6	1	136.66
Deepti Sharma	55	43	6	1	127.90
Amy Jones	1	2	0	0	50.00
Harleen Deol	14	14	2	0	100.00
Chloe Tryon	6	7	1	0	85.71
Shweta Sehrawat	7	10	0	0	70.00
Simran Shaikh	10	11	1	0	90.90
Sophie Ecclestone	0	1	0	0	0.00
Asha Sobhana	0*	1	0	0	0.00
Shikha Pandey	0*	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	9
Total	143/8	20 overs

UP Warriorz Fall of Wickets

Wicket	Score	Over
Meg Lanning	74/1	8.1
Amy Jones	78/2	8.5
Harleen Deol	95/3	11.5
Chloe Tryon	103/4	13.2
Shweta Sehrawat	122/5	16.1
Deepti Sharma	137/6	18.6
Sophie Ecclestone	138/7	19.2
Simran Shaikh	143/8	19.5

RCB Women Bowling Performance

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Lauren Bell	4	21	1	5.25
Sayali Satghare	2	21	0	10.50
Shreyanka Patil	4	27	1	6.75
Arundhati Reddy	1	14	0	14.00
Nadine de Klerk	4	22	4	5.50
Grace Harris	3	22	2	7.33
Radha Yadav	2	11	0	5.50

2nd Innings Scorecard

RCB Women started their chase with optimism. Grace Harris and Smriti Mandhana began the innings and soon started to assault the bowlers of the UP Warriorz team. Grace Harris began the innings in an aggressive manner. She struck limits on a regular basis and kept a check on the necessary run rate. Mandhana was equally good and helped Harris with good strokes. The two scored over 100 runs in the first wicket and the RCB was entirely in charge of the game.

Grace Harris made 75 out of 37 balls with numerous boundaries and sixes. Even when she was dismissed later in the innings, the match was already won.

Smriti Mandhana did not lose on 54 runs and helped RCB to score a win in only 13.1 overs.

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike Rate
Grace Harris	75	37	13	2	202.70
Smriti Mandhana	54*	27	8	2	200.00
Georgia Voll	16	15	2	0	106.66
Richa Ghosh	0*	0	0	0	–
Extras	2
Total	147/2	13.1 overs

RCB Women Fall of Wickets

Wicket	Score	Over
Grace Harris	108/1	9.1
Georgia Voll	143/2	12.6

Top Performers

Category	Player	Performance
Player of the Match	Grace Harris	75 runs
Best Batter UPW	Deepti Sharma	55 runs
Best Bowler RCB	Nadine de Klerk	4 wickets
Best Partnership	Harris & Mandhana	108 runs

Match Summary 

• In the 18th match of the Women Premier League 2026 at Kotambi stadium in Vadodara, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women won the toss and decided to bowl first.
• The opening partnership of Meg Lanning and Deepti Sharma during the powerplay gave UP Warriorz Women a good start to their innings.
• Meg Lanning made a disappointment knock of 41 runs before being dismissed by Nadine de Klerk.
• Deepti Sharma held the innings together, and made a valuable half-century, with an aggregate of 55 runs out of 43 balls.
• There was also a good resurgence by the RCB bowling attack in the middle and death over where Nadine de Klerk collected four wickets.
• At the end of their innings UP Warriorz Women had scored 143 runs and lost eight wickets in 20 overs.
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women started the chase in aggressive mode where openers Grace Harris and Smriti Mandhana took over the UP Warriorz bowlers.
• Grace Harris batted a strong innings and made 75 run out of 37 balls with some boundaries.
• Smriti Mandhana has also played brilliantly and had not been beaten on 54 runs.
• The initial partnership proceeded to 100 runs within a short period of time and brought RCB in full control of the game.
• RCB Women managed to pursue the goal of 144 in thirteen point one overs.
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women secured the match by eight wickets and had 41 balls left.
• Grace Harris was named Player of the Match due to the explosive batting performance that she played.

Conclusion

This game showed that Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women were superior in the bowling and batting sectors. UP Warriorz began well with the bat but it was unable to pick up momentum at the end of the overs.

The pursuit by RCB Women was impressive particularly when Grace Harris and Smriti Mandhana delivered some explosive batting. They were well-placed to win the team comfortably with their formidable opening partnership.

This victory made RCB Women more confident in their positions in the Women Premier league and remained to impress in the tournament.

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