Captain Smriti Mandhana scored 96 runs from 61 balls and added 142 runs from 91 balls for the second wicket with Australian batter Georgia Voll (54 from 42 balls) in a 167-run chase on Saturday (January 17) to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeat Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets and extend their winning run to four matches. The 2024 WPL champions are the only team this season with a 100% win record.
Smriti was unlucky to miss out on a deserving century in the last match of WPL 2026 at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai but did enough to break Harmanpreet Kaur’s record of the highest score by an Indian batter in WPL history.
The win over the Jemimah Rodrigues-led side in the 11th match of WPL 2026 helped RCB open a four-point lead over second-place
Mumbai Indians.
Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, remained at the bottom of the table. The three-time losing finalists only have two points to their credit from four matches played so far.
WPL 2026 points table
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | LOSSES | NO RESULT | POINTS | NET RUN RATE |
| 1. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.600 |
| 2. | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +0.151 |
| 3. | Gujarat Giants | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -0.319 |
| 4. | UP Warriorz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -0.483 |
| 5. | Delhi Capitals | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.856 |
Orange Cap
Australia’s left-handed batter Phoebie Litchfield scored 61 runs from 37 balls for UP Warriorz on Saturday afternoon in their 22-run win over Mumbai Indians at DY Patil Stadium. The second half-century by Litchfield, who was previously associated with the Gujarat Giants in the WPL, helped her extend her tally of runs to 211 in four matches. She now leads the Orange Cap, which was previously held by MI skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.
Harman is now second on the list with a total of 199 runs to her credit.
UP Warriorz skipper Meg Lanning takes the third spot in the Orange Cap race with 193 runs. She has slammed two half-centuries in two matches against the Mumbai-based franchise.
The 96-run knock by Mandhana in the match against Delhi Capitals helped her rise to the No. 5 position. She is only one run behind fourth-placed Lizelle Lee of Delhi Capitals.
Most runs in WPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | BEST SCORE |
| 1. | Phoebie Litchfield | UP Warriorz | 5 | 211 | 78 |
| 2. | Harmanpreet Kaur | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 199 | 74* |
| 3. | Meg Lanning | UP Warriorz | 5 | 191 | 70 |
| 4. | Lizelle Lee | Delhi Capitals | 4 | 167 | 86 |
| 5. | Smriti Mandhana | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 166 | 96 |
Purple Cup
Mumbai Indians spinner Amelia Kerr picked up 3 wickets for 28 runs in four overs against UP Warriorz on Saturday afternoon to extend her tally of wickets to 10 in five WPL 2026 matches. She now leads the Purple Cap race.
Most wickets in WPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| 1. | Amelia Kerr | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 10 | 3/24 |
| 1. | Nandini Sharma | Delhi Capitals | 4 | 9 | 5/33 |
| 3. | Lauren Bell | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 8 | 3/26 |
| 4. | Nadine de Klerk | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 8 | 4/26 |
| 5. | Sophie Devine | Gujarat Giants | 4 | 8 | 3/31 |
| 6. | Shreyanka Patil | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 8 | 5/23 |
Delhi Capitals’ pacer Nandini Sharma is in 2nd place with nine wickets in four matches, and a total of four bowlers – Lauren Bell, Nadine de Klerk, Shreyanka Patil (all three from RCB) and Sophie Devine of Gujarat Giants – have dismissed 8 batters each so far in four matches.
