Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women will face the UP Warriorz Women in the fifth match of the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League. This article provides details about Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women’s Playing 11 vs UP Warriorz Women for the upcoming match.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women Playing XI vs UP Warriorz Women- Women’s Premier League 2026, Match 5:
Openers: Smriti Mandhana (c), Grace Harris
RCB Women would want to build on the win that they registered against the MI Women when they take on the UP Warriorz Women in the second match and consolidate their position in the points table in the early stage of the tournament.
Along with winning, the Smriti Mandana-led side would hope to win in a convincing fashion, having clinched a win on the last ball against the MI Women.
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The responsibility will be on the openers to get the team off to a good start and allow the incoming batters to capitalize on the start given by them.
The pair of Smriti Mandhana and Grace Harris will be entrusted to get the job done both in partnership and as individual batters, also in order to gain confidence for the matches to come.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Dayalan Hemalatha, Richa Ghosh (wk), Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy
The openers will be followed by. middle order, which comprises Dayalan Hemalatha, Richa Ghosh, Radha Yadav, and Nadine de Klerk.
All eyes will be on Richa Ghosh to get into her element and take on the bowling attack of the UP Warriorz Women, especially the spin bowling duo of Deepti Sharma and Sophie Ecclestone.
Other than Richa Ghosh, the onus will be on Nadine de Klerk to replicate the performance she delivers against MI Women in the tournament opener and get her team beyond the finish line.
The pair of Richa and Nadine would also hope for other batters to provide them good support against the likes of Kranti Gaud and Deepti Sharma, so as to make things easy for them in the match in question in the ongoing season of the WPL.
Bowlers: Shreyanka Patil, Prema Rawat, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell
The bowlers did a fine job by restricting the MI Women batters to a below-par total in the first match and would be backed to do the same against the UP Warriorz Women, who possess a strong batting lineup that almost pulled off a chase against the Gujarat Giants.
If the bowlers are able to restrict UP Warriorz Women to a total of around 180-190 runs, they will give their batters a strong chance of chasing the target down, with dew expected to settle in in the second innings
Lauren Bell will be given the responsibility of picking wickets with the new ball in the first six overs, making the job for the spinners a bit easier.
The spinners will then have to take control of the proceedings in the middle overs by keeping the opposition batters in check by providing breakthroughs at regular intervals.
