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- RCB W vs UPW W Highlights, WPL 2026: Grace Harris blitz leads RCB past Warriorz
RCB W vs UPW W Highlights, WPL 2026: Grace Harris blitz leads RCB past Warriorz
UP Warriorz, sent in to bat, began cautiously under pressure from Lauren Bell’s tight opening spell. The early phase brought limited runs and the dismissal of Harleen Deol, before the innings unravelled rapidly. Shreyanka Patil swung the momentum decisively in RCB’s favour by removing Meg Lanning and Phoebe Litchfield in the same over, and Nadine de Klerk followed it up with two quick strikes to leave UPW reeling at 50 for 5.
From that position, Deepti Sharma and Deandra Dottin mounted a spirited recovery. Showing composure and awareness, the pair rebuilt patiently before attacking in the latter half of the innings. They added an unbeaten 93 runs, with Deepti anchoring the effort and Dottin providing timely boundaries. The final six overs yielded 67 runs, pushing UPW to 143 for 5 and giving their bowlers something to defend.
That hope disappeared quickly once Harris got going. She dismantled Deandra Dottin in a stunning powerplay over that cost 32 runs, clearing the ropes at will and racing to a 22-ball half-century. Harris continued her assault against spin, sending Asha Sobhana into the stands and helping RCB bring up 100 in just 7.5 overs, the second-fastest team hundred in WPL history.
At the other end, Smriti Mandhana batted with assurance and control, ensuring there were no hiccups. Harris eventually fell for a scintillating 85, but the job was long done. Mandhana stayed unbeaten on 47 as RCB completed the chase in 12.1 overs, boosting their net run rate and underlining their status as early title contenders.
Nadine De Klerk to Deandra Dottin, Nearly dragged it back onto the stumps. At the stumps, on a good length, Dottin backs away and has a big swing at it. Gets an inside edge that goes wide of short fine leg for another brace.
Nadine De Klerk to Deandra Dottin, Into the surface, on middle, stabbed down on the leg side.
Nadine De Klerk to Deandra Dottin, Sprayed down leg, on a back of a length. Deandra Dottin swings away and gets some bat on it. Richa Ghosh moves to her left but cannot get anything more than fingertips to it. The ball races past short fine leg, but it is hauled in by Dayalan Hemalatha. Saves two runs for her side.
Nadine De Klerk to Deandra Dottin, Angles it into the hips, on a short of a length, Deandra tickles it to short fine leg.
Nadine De Klerk to Deepti Sharma, On off and middle, on a length, Deepti taps it wide of cover for a single.
Change in bowling and we will see the return of Nadine De Klerk for her second spell. She is 1-0-2-2 so far.
Nadine De Klerk to Deepti Sharma, Wide! Sliding down leg from around the wicket, on a length, Sharma misses out on the glance. A good take by Richa Ghosh whilst being up to the stumps.
- Deandra Dottin 5 (10)
- Deepti Sharma 10 (12)
Linsey Smith to Deandra Dottin, Smith drags the length back and this is slower through the air, around off. Dottin has a waft at it and the ball spins away to take the outside edge. It rolls to short third for a dot.
Linsey Smith to Deepti Sharma, This is darted in, full and on middle, swept behind square for a single.
Linsey Smith to Deepti Sharma, FOUR! A boundary after 23 balls for the UP Warriorz. Full and pushed through, on off, Deepti charges down the track and slogs it right between deep mid-wicket and long on for a four.
Linsey Smith to Deandra Dottin, Excellent commitment! Looped up, very full, on middle. Deandra paddles it wide of short fine leg, where Bell is quick to put in the dive and makes the stop. Just a single.
Linsey Smith to Deepti Sharma, Sliding across, on the shorter side, Deepti turns it in front of square on the leg side and crosses over.
Linsey Smith to Deandra Dottin, Full and drifting in from around the wicket, on middle. Dottin forces the drive to long on for a run.
Linsey Smith (2-0-14-0) is back on.
- Deepti Sharma 4 (9)
- Deandra Dottin 3 (7)
Arundhati Reddy to Deepti Sharma, Pushes the length up, on off, Sharma caresses it to cover.
Arundhati Reddy to Deepti Sharma, Angling across, on a back of a length, Deepti pokes at it and is beaten on the outside edge.
Arundhati Reddy to Deandra Dottin, Reddy takes pace off but ends up serving a low full toss, outside off, Dottin mistimes the drive wide of mid off. Smriti Mandhana moves to her right and dives to keep the batters down to a single.
Arundhati Reddy to Deepti Sharma, Nice and full, at the stumps, Sharma wrists it wide of mid-wicket for one.
Arundhati Reddy to Deepti Sharma, On a length, on the off stump. Deepti angles it to point.
Arundhati Reddy to Deepti Sharma, Shaping away from the left-hander, Deepti tries to ease this full ball away on the off side. Ends up chopping it down on the surface.
- Deandra Dottin 2 (6)
- Deepti Sharma 3 (4)
Lauren Bell to Deandra Dottin, A shocking review from RCB! This is a leg cutter on a fuller length, angling in and around the leg pole. Dottin presses forward to work it to the leg side, but plays all over and wears on the front pad. A lengthy appeal for LBW, but turned down. The bowler, Lauren Bell, the keeper, Richa Ghosh, and the skipper, Smriti Mandhana, form a conference and, after discussing, Mandhana sends it upstairs for a review. UltraEdge shows a flat line, and Ball Tracking confirms that it is going down leg and missing the leg pole by a fair bit. Royal Challengers Bengaluru lose a review. Lauren Bell's spell comes to an end with excellent figures of 4-0-16-1.
Lauren Bell to Deepti Sharma, Short and angling into the bodyline, Deepti Sharma pulls it across to deep backward square leg for a single.
Lauren Bell to Deandra Dottin, Slower ball, full and on off, Deandra Dottin drills it to long on for a single.
Lauren Bell to Deandra Dottin, WIDE! Bell goes for another bumper, but bangs it into the pitch, angling way down leg. Left alone by Dottin. Wide called.
Lauren Bell to Deandra Dottin, Shoots in a bumper, on top of off, Dottin leans back and lets it fly behind to Ghosh.
Lauren Bell to Deepti Sharma, Full, outside off, carved through cover for a single.
Lauren Bell to Deepti Sharma, A yorker on off, from around the stump. Deepti Sharma jams her bat down in time.
- Deepti Sharma 1 (1)
- Deandra Dottin 1 (3)
Nadine De Klerk to Deepti Sharma, Fullish ball, slanting down leg, Deepti Sharma clips it to widish square leg for a single to open her account.
Nadine De Klerk to Deandra Dottin, Full and on the stumps, Dottin works it through mid on for a single.
Nadine De Klerk to Deandra Dottin, Similar line and length, Dottin does the same.
Nadine De Klerk to Deandra Dottin, No Hat Trick. Full, outside off, pushed to mid off gently.
Deandra Dottin is in next with the UP Warriorz in all sorts of strife. She has the hat-trick ball to negotiate first up.
Nadine De Klerk to Shweta Sehrawat, OUT! TAKEN! Arundhati Reddy with a screamer of a catch and the wheels are truly coming off for the Warriorz. Nadine hits the fuller length, outside off, Shweta Sehrawat presses forward and tries to square cut it past backward point, but fails to hit it along the ground and slices it flat to the left of Reddy at the mentioned position. Arundhati Reddy flings herself to the left and takes a sharp catch. UPW are now 50/5 with De Klerk on a Hat Trick.
STRATEGIC BREAK! Quite an eventful start to the game, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be fairly pleased with the progress they have made so far. This is the same surface used in the opening game, where the Mumbai Indians posted 154, and once again, it doesn’t appear to be a high-scoring pitch. Shreyanka Patil has extracted appreciable turn, but the key to finding turn has been to bowl slow through the air. All four wickets so far have fallen to batters attempting the aerial route, and UP Warriorz now desperately need stability, with a lot resting on Deepti Sharma. Shweta Sehrawat joins Deepti out in the middle.
Nadine De Klerk to Kiran Navgire, OUT! TAKEN! Nadine De Klerk carries on her 'sheroics' from the previous game and strikes with her first ball. This is on a good length, just around the off pole. Kiran Navgire stands tall and tries to whack it over deep mid-wicket via a pull shot, but hits it straight down the throat of Linsey Smith stationed in the deep. Kiran Navgire goes for 5 (3) and UP Warriorz are 50/4.
Deepti Sharma makes her way out to the centre. Time for Nadine De Klerk to roll her arm over.
- Phoebe Litchfield 20 (11)
- Kiran Navgire 5 (2)
Shreyanka Patil to Phoebe Litchfield, OUT! CHIPPED AND TAKEN! Shreyanka Patil with a double strike and her joy knows no bounds as this is a massive blow for UPW. Patil pulls the length back and keeps it outside off, Phoebe Litchfield tries to drag it across by going deep in the crease. She goes for a pull shot, but toe ends it to the right of mid on, where Smriti Mandhana takes a simple catch. Phoebe Litchfield perishes on 20 off 11 and the UP Warriorz are in trouble now with 50/3.
Shreyanka Patil to Phoebe Litchfield, Drags the length a bit, on the stumps, Phoebe gets forward and blocks it back to the bowler.
Shreyanka Patil to Phoebe Litchfield, SIX! Innovation of the best quality! Full and flat on middle, Phoebe switches her stance and reverse sweeps it aerially, clearing deep point for a six. 50 UP FOR UP WARRIORZ!
Shreyanka Patil to Kiran Navgire, Slightly short, on off and middle, Navgire pulls it behind square on the leg side for a single.
Shreyanka Patil to Kiran Navgire, FOUR! My word, that's some way to get off the mark! Spins from off, on a fuller length, Kiran shimmies down the tack and lofts it over mid-wicket and into the gap for a boundary.
Out goes Meg Lanning and in walks Kiran Navgire.
Shreyanka Patil to Meg Lanning, OUT! IN THE AIR AND CAUGHT! No doubts about this one and eventually, Shreyanka dismisses the UPW skipper. Full and around off, Meg Lanning dances down the track and tries to heave it over deep mid-wicket, but her head falls over while doing so and she fails to get the timing and distance right. Airs it towards deep mid-wicket where Radha Yadav dives in front to take this in-dipping ball into her grasp, just before the grass. Meg Lanning's struggling stay at the crease comes to an end as she falls for 14 off 21. UP Warriorz are 39/2.
- Phoebe Litchfield 14 (8)
- Meg Lanning 14 (20)
Arundhati Reddy to Phoebe Litchfield, Spotting Phoebe shuffling a long way across off, Reddy slips in a full toss wide on off, which cramps Litchfield's attempt to scoop it over the keeper. She inside edges onto the pads and the ball rolls in front.
Arundhati Reddy to Meg Lanning, Back of a length, outside off, Meg Lanning slashes off the back foot to deep point for a single.
Arundhati Reddy to Meg Lanning, Nagging length, cutting into the batter prodigiously. Meg Lanning somehow manages to bunt it down the pitch.
Arundhati Reddy to Meg Lanning, Touch full, on the stumps, Lanning flicks it through mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
Arundhati Reddy to Meg Lanning, Lanning is living dangerously! Nips back on the pads, on a fuller length. Meg Lanning tries to flick it away, but closes the bat face a fraction early and gets a leading edge, but it lands well in front of the charging cover fielder.
Arundhati Reddy to Meg Lanning, Nice and full, on middle, blocked off the front foot.
Will Lauren Bell bowl four in a row? The answer is no. Arundhati Reddy replaces her.
UP Warriorz had earlier shown character to recover from a severe collapse. Reduced to 50 for 5 in the ninth over, they found stability through an unbroken sixth-wicket partnership between Deepti Sharma and Deandra Dottin. The experienced duo absorbed pressure before accelerating late in the innings, adding 93 runs to lift UPW to a respectable 143 for 5. Deepti remained unbeaten on 45, while Dottin supported her with a fluent 40 not out.
However, the total proved no match for Harris’ onslaught. The Australian tore into the UPW attack, bringing up the fastest fifty of the season off just 22 balls. A brutal 32-run over off Dottin during the powerplay set the tone as RCB surged ahead. Harris finished with a stunning 85 off 40 balls, laced with ten fours and five sixes.
Mandhana played the ideal supporting role, anchoring the chase with an unbeaten 47. Together, the pair added 137 runs for the opening wicket, allowing RCB to chase down the target in just 12.1 overs. The emphatic win not only handed RCB their second successive victory but also propelled them to the top of the WPL standings.
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Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai
