RCB vs MI LIVE Cricket Score, WPL 2026: Mumbai Indians take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru for survival; Toss, Playing XI updates

After winning five straight games, RCB have already confirmed their spot in the playoffs, and now the Smriti Mandhana-led side is playing for a direct berth in the final. Meanwhile, defending champions Harmanpreet Kaur’s MI are struggling this season. With just two wins from six matches, the threat of an early elimination looms large over Mumbai.

MI began their WPL 2026 campaign with a loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru before winning their next two games against DC and the Gujarat Giants. They were then handed back-to-back losses by the UP Warriorz before Delhi Capitals, too, beat them in their previous game.

RCB started with a bang, winning their first five games, but DC handed them their first loss.

RCB vs MI WPL 2026  Squads

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Grace Harris, Smriti Mandhana (c), Georgia Voll, Richa Ghosh (wk), Gautami Naik, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Prema Rawat, Shreyanka Patil, Sayali Satghare, Lauren Bell, Dayalan Hemalatha, Arundhati Reddy, Linsey Smith, Pooja Vastrakar, Prathyoosha Kumar.

Mumbai Indians: Hayley Matthews, Sajeevan Sajana, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Nicola Carey, Vaishnavi Sharma (in place of Gunalan Kamalini), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Sanskriti Gupta, Nalla Kranthi Reddy, Triveni Vasistha, Shabnim Ismail, Milly Illingworth, Poonam Khemnar, Saika Ishaque, Rahila Firdous (wk).

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WPL: How RCB moved away from solo shows to collectivism and extended winning streak

Royal Challengers Bangalore players after the Match 9 of the TATA Women’s Premier League 2026 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, India, on January 16, 2026. (CREIMAS for WPL)

Before Friday’s contest, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) had relied heavily on individual brilliance to get them over the line in two contrasting wins. Nadine de Klerk’s rescue act against Mumbai Indians and Grace Harris’ blazing knock versus UP Warriorz had masked their middle-order fragility. Against Gujarat Giants (GG), however, it was time for that vulnerability to be tested and under pressure, they, along with Shreyanka Patil, delivered to help beat GG by 32 runs to maintain their winning start in Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026.

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