The Women’s Premier League 2026 dished out another thrilling game on January 16. Royal Challengers Bengaluru took control and beat Gujarat Giants by 32 runs at DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. Radha Yadav set the tone with the bat, hammering 66 off 47 balls. Then Shreyanka Patil stepped in and tore through the Giants’ batting order, grabbing 5 wickets for just 23 runs.
Gujarat Giants didn’t go down without a fight. Bharti Fulmali smashed a quick 39 from 20 balls, and Tanuja Kanwar chipped in with 21. Still, RCB’s bowlers kept turning up the heat. Gujarat just couldn’t find its rhythm, and the required run rate kept creeping higher. Even with a bit of a late push, the Giants couldn’t close the gap.
Match Summary
Here is the complete match summary of this dominant RCB performance:
| Details | Information |
|---|---|
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women Score | 182/7 (20 overs) |
| Gujarat Giants Women Score | 150 all out (18.5 overs) |
| Match Result | RCB won by 32 runs |
| Best Batting (RCB) | Radha Yadav – 66 off 47 balls (6 fours, 3 sixes) |
| Best Batting (GG) | Bharti Fulmali – 39 off 20 balls (3 fours, 3 sixes) |
| Best Bowling (RCB) | Shreyanka Patil – 5/23 in 3.5 overs (Econ: 6.00) |
| Best Bowling (GG) | Sophie Devine – 3/31 in 4 overs (Econ: 7.75) |
| Best Fielder | Grace Harris (RCB) – 2 catches |
| Player of the Match | Radha Yadav (RCB) |
Ashleigh Gardner, captain of the Gujarat Giants, won the toss and went for bowling first. At the start, it looked like the right call, but RCB stumbled through the powerplay and lost four wickets for only 45 runs. But then Radha Yadav and Richa Ghosh stepped up. Their partnership for the fifth wicket changed everything and pushed RCB to a solid total.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Innings: 182/7 In 20 Overs
RCB’s innings got off to a mess of a start. Kashvee Gautam struck early, sending Grace Harris back for 17 and Dayalan Hemalatha for just 4. Then Renuka Singh snatched Smriti Mandhana’s wicket, caught behind for only 5. To make matters worse, Sophie Devine trapped Gautami Naik lbw for 9. Six overs in, RCB were wobbling at 45 for 4.
But things flipped fast after that. Radha Yadav and Richa Ghosh came together and just went after the bowling. Suddenly, RCB had a partnership that breathed new life into their innings, 105 runs for the fifth wicket. Yadav hammered her way to a half-century off 36 balls, with 4 boundaries and 3 sixes. Ghosh kept up the pressure, smashing 44 from 28 balls and clearing the ropes twice.
Gujarat tried everything to break them up. But at the 16-over mark, with a strategic timeout, RCB were sitting pretty at 147 for 4 and both batters in full flow. Georgia Wareham finally broke through in the 17th, getting Ghosh out.
Nadine de Klerk came in swinging, adding 26 off just 12 balls: 2 fours, 2 sixes, no messing around. Sophie Devine did her best to hold things together at the death, picking up three wickets in no time, including de Klerk and Yadav. But honestly, the damage was done. RCB wrapped up their innings at 182 for 7, setting Gujarat a stiff target of 183.
Gujarat Giants Chase: 150 All Out In 18.5 Overs
Gujarat came out swinging in their chase. Beth Mooney looked sharp right from the start, smashing 27 off just 14 balls with four boundaries and a six. She and Sophie Devine put together 34 for the first wicket, but then Arundhati Reddy broke through, Devine caught and bowled for 8.
Then Shreyanka Patil took over. She trapped Mooney lbw in the fifth, and right after, sent Kanika Ahuja back too. Lauren Bell jumped into the action, getting Ashleigh Gardner caught behind by Richa Ghosh for just 3. Suddenly, Gujarat were wobbling at 46 for 3, and they needed someone to step up.
Georgia Wareham and Kanika Ahuja tried to steady things, but Patil wasn’t done; she got Ahuja again. By the time the scoreboard read 63 for 4 after 8.5 overs, the required run rate had shot past 10. Wareham fell to Nadine de Klerk for 13, and Gujarat slumped to 70 for 5.
Bharti Fulmali was the only one who really fought back. She went on the attack from the word go, hammering 39 off 20 balls with three fours and three sixes. Kashvee Gautam chipped in with 18 off 14, and together they stitched a quick 56-run stand for the sixth wicket. For a moment, Gujarat had a glimmer of hope as they moved to 126. But Patil came back and knocked over Gautam.
Once Fulmali fell to Bell in the 17th, that was pretty much it. Bell ended up with three wickets, and Patil grabbed an incredible 5 for 23 in just 3.5 overs. Gujarat’s last four wickets added only 24 runs, and the team folded for 150 in the 19th over.
Key Highlight: Player Of The Match – Radha Yadav Anchors RCB
Radha Yadav delivered when her team needed her most. Walking in at 43/4 with the innings in trouble, she played the perfect rescue knock:
- With the bat: 66 off 47 balls (6 fours, 3 sixes)
- With the ball: 2-0-9-0 (Econ: 4.50)
Yadav showed great maturity in her innings. She took her time early on, scoring just 14 at the first strategic timeout. Then she shifted gears brilliantly. Her 105-run partnership with Richa Ghosh came at nearly 10 runs per over, completely changing the match situation. Even though she fell late in the innings, Yadav had already done enough to set up a winning total.
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Conclusion: What This Result Means
RCB picked up 2 more points in their WPL 2026 run, and honestly, it looked easy. What really stood out was how they bounced back when things got tricky; that’s exactly what you see in teams that go all the way. Shreyanka Patil’s five wickets. She basically showed everyone that RCB’s got the kind of bowling attack that can win games on its own.
On the other side, Gujarat Giants have to be thinking hard about their batting. Besides Fulmali’s quick knock, none of their batters stuck around long enough to make a difference. Chasing 183 isn’t easy, but you at least need one player to anchor the innings. Instead, they just kept losing wickets and never found any rhythm.
