Royal Challengers Bangalore Women will face UP Warriors Women In the fifth match of the fourth edition of Women’s Premier League. RCBW vs UPW match preview provides today’s match details for the fifth match.
RCBW vs UPW Match Preview- Women’s Premier League 2026, Match 5:
Date and Place:
The RCBW vs UPW match will be played on January 12 at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai. The game will start at 7:30 pm Indian time.
Squad:
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women
Smriti Mandhana (captain), Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Woll, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell, Lynsey Smith, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Grace Harris, Gautami Naik, Pratyosha Kumar, D. Hemalatha, Sayali Satghare.
UP Warriors Women
Meg Lanning (captain), Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Phoebe Litchfield, Kiran Navgire, Harleen Deol, Kranti Gaur, Asha Shobhana, Deandra Dottin, Shikha Pandey, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh, Chloe Tryon, Suman Meena, G Trisha, Pratika Rawal, Charlie Knott.
RCBW vs UPW Key Matches:
Smriti Mandhan vs Kranti Gaur
RCB Women captain Smriti Mandhana will have the responsibility of giving an aggressive start to her team in the first six overs so that pressure can be put on the opposition bowlers.
Mandshana will have to deal with the bowling of Kruti, who has been in good form in recent times and will look to build on that by providing early success for her team.
Grace Harris vs Sophie Ecclestone
Grace Harris would also like to do the same when she comes out to bat in the match against UP Warriors Women.
Harris will face Sophie Ecclestone, who will be in control of things in the middle stages of the innings.
meg lanning vs lauren bell
Experienced player Meg Lanning will be expected to lead from the front as the team captain and play a match-winning innings for UP Warriors Women against RCBW.
Lanning will face Lauren Bell, who will have the responsibility of taking wickets in the first six overs.
Phoebe Lichfield vs Nadine De Klerk
Phoebe Litchfield hopes that she will play with her aggressive style in the upcoming game against RCB Women and help her team win the game and open their account in the tournament.
Lichfield will face the challenge of Nadine de Klerk, who will be looking to lead her team to victory with both bat and ball in her second match and help them secure their second win in the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League.
RCB vs UPW Key Players:
rcbw– Smriti Mandhan, Grace Harris, Richa Ghosh, Nadine De Klerk, Lauren Bell
UPW– Meg Lanning, Phoebe Lichfield, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Kranti Gaur
RCBW vs UPW Weather Report:
There is no chance of rain during the game in Navi Mumbai, the maximum temperature will be 32°C and minimum 19°C.
conclusion
Both the teams will aim to win the upcoming match and achieve the same momentum in the next match of the Women’s Premier League respectively.
