Defending champions Mumbai Indians defeat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 15 runs on Monday (January 26) to win their seventh league match of the WPL 2026. The big win over the Smriti Mandhana-led side
in the match played at BCA Stadium in Vadodara helped Mumbai Indians keep their hopes alive of finishing in the top three and making it to the knockouts.
The Mumbai-based franchise have 6 points to their credit from seven matches played so far, but due to a better Net Run Rate (NRR) than Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants, they are second in the points table.
On the other hand, despite losing two matches in a row now, RCB remain at the top of the points table. They just need one more win to confirm their place directly in the final.
WPL 2026 points table after RCB vs MI match in Vadodara on January 26
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | LOSSES | NO RESULT | POINTS | NET RUN RATE |
| 1. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Q) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | +0.947 |
| 2. | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | +0.146 |
| 3. | Delhi Capitals | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -0.169 |
| 4. | Gujarat Giants | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -0.341 |
| 5. | UP Warriorz | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -0.769 |
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Legendary English batter Nat Sciver-Burnt played an unbeaten knock of 100 runs from 57 balls for Mumbai Indians on Monday against RCB. The century by Nat Sciver-Burnt in Vadodara is the first-ever triple-digit score in WPL history by any batter. Apart from entering her name in the history books in a must-win match for the defending champions, Nat Sciver-Burnt now also tops the list of batters with most runs in WPL 2026.
In six matches played so far, she has scored a total of 319 runs.
Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, who scored 20 runs from 12 balls on Monday, is second on the Orange Cap list with 260 runs to her credit. RCB skipper Smriti Mandhana is in fourth place with 236 runs and Richa Ghosh, who made 90 runs from 50 balls is now in 9th position.
Most runs in WPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | BEST |
| 1. | Nat Sciver-Brunt | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 319 | 100* |
| 2. | Harmanpreet Kaur | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 260 | 74* |
| 3. | Phoebe Litchfield | UP Warriorz | 6 | 243 | 78 |
| 4. | Smriti Mandhana | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 236 | 96 |
| 5. | Lizelle Lee | Delhi Capitals | 6 | 219 | 86 |
| 6. | Meg Lanning | UP Warriorz | 6 | 207 | 70 |
| 7. | Sophie Devine | Gujarat Giants | 6 | 199 | 95 |
| 8. | Ashleigh Gardner | Gujarat Giants | 6 | 196 | 65 |
| 9. | Richa Ghosh | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 183 | 90 |
| 10. | Laura Wolvaardt | Delhi Capitals | 6 | 170 | 77 |
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Delhi Capitals pacer Nandini Sharma continues to lead the highest wicket-takers tally in WPL 2026 with 13 wickets to her credit in six matches, but RCB pacer Lauren Bell has closed the gap with her by taking two wickets on Monday.
Most wickets in WPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS |
| 1. | Nandini Sharma | Delhi Capitals | 6 | 13 |
| 2. | Amelia Kerr | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 12 |
| 3. | Lauren Bell | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 11 |
| 4. | Nadine de Klerk | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 11 |
| 5. | Sophie Devine | Gujarat Giants | 6 | 11 |
| 6. | Shreyanka Patil | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 10 |
| 7. | Sayali Satghare | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 8 |
| 8. | Shree Charani | Delhi Capitals | 6 | 8 |
| 9. | Renuka Thakur | Gujarat Giants | 6 | 7 |
| 10. | Nicola Carey | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 7 |
Bell, who finished with figures of 2 for 21 in four overs against Mumbai Indians, has 11 wickets to her credit in seven matches. Her RCB teammate Nadine de Klerk, who picked up Harmanpreet Kaur’s wicket, also has 11 wickets to her name, but they are behind Mumbai Indians spinner Amelia Kerr, who has dismissed 12 batters so far in six matches.
She picked her 11th wicket of WPL 2026 in the form of Nadine de Klerk, who made 28 runs from 20 balls and extended her tally to 12 by dismissing Richa Ghosh (90 runs from 50 balls) on the last ball of the match.
