The Royal Challengers Bengaluru maintained their winning spree in the ongoing WPL 2026, registering a hat-trick of victories on Friday. The Smriti Mandhana-led side defeated Ash Gardner’s Gujarat Giants
by 32 runs to retain the top spot on the points table.
With three straight wins, RCB have accumulated 6 points and are placed first on the points table with a Net Run Rate (NRR) of +1.828. Defending champions Mumbai Indians are placed second with 2 wins and as many losses, garnering 4 points. Gujarat Giants are placed 3rd with 4 points and an NRR of -0.319. Delhi Capitals and UP Warriroz are placed 5th and 6th, respectively, with 2 points each.
WPL 2026 points after the end of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Giants Match
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | LOSSES | NO RESULT | POINTS | NET RUN RATE |
| 1 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.828 |
| 2 | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.469 |
| 3 | Gujarat Giants | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -0.319 |
| 4 | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -0.833 |
| 5 | UP Warriorz | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -0.906 |
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Following her blitz against the Gujarat Giants, Radha Yadav grabbed the 18th position on the top-scorer chart of the WPL. Yadav (66 off 47 balls) and Ghosh (44 off 28) combined for 105 runs for the fifth wicket, rebuilding the innings and then accelerating at the right time.
Meanwhile, Harmanpreet Kaur, the Mumbai Indians skipper, remains the highest run-getter of the season so far. The 36-year-old cricketer from Moga has 181 runs to her credit in the WPL this year. DC’s Lizelle Lee stands second with 163 runs, while Phoebie Litchfield is third on the list.
Most Runs in WPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | BEST SCORE |
| 1. | Harmanpreet Kaur | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 181 | 74* |
| 2. | Lizelle Lee | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 163 | 86 |
| 3. | Phoebie Litchfield | UP Warriorz | 4 | 150 | 78 |
| 4. | Sophie Devine | Gujarat Giants | 3 | 141 | 95 |
| 5. | Nat Sciver-Brunt | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 139 | 70 |
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Shreyanka Patil turned the match decisively with a brilliant spell of 5 for 23. She jumped up to grab the second spot on the list of highest wicket-takers of this season. In fact, the top 3 successful bowlers – DC’s Nandini Sharma, Patil and Gujarat Giants’ Sophie Devine – are tied with 8 wickets each. The next name on the list is MI’s Amelia Kerr, followed by RCB’s Nadine de Klerk, who dismissed Georgia Wareham in Friday’s face-off.
Most Wickets in WPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| 1 | Nandini Sharma | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 8 | 5/33 |
| 2 | Shreyanka Patil | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 8 | 5/23 |
| 3 | Sophie Devine | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 8 | 3/31 |
| 4 | Amelia Kerr | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 7 | 3/24 |
| 5 | Nadine de Klerk | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 3 | 7 | 4/26 |
