WPL 2026 | WATCH - RCB's winning hit creates confusion before lifting second title
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RCB's winning hit creates confusion before lifting 2nd title Photograph: (X/WPL)
RCB's Radha Yadav hit the winning four but as soon as she hit the ball, DC wicketkeeper Lizelle Lee, inadvertently, dislodged one of the bails. The ball, nontheless, travelled to boundary as RCB chased down 204-run target. There was some confusion but the umpires awarded the win to RCB.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won their second Women's Premier League (WPL) title after beating Delhi Capitals on Thursday (Feb 5) by 6 wickets in Vadodara but the win didn't come without some drama. Needing four to win off last four balls, RCB's Radha Yadav hit a four but as soon as she hit the ball, DC wicketkeeper Lizelle Lee, inadvertently, dislodged one of the bails. The ball, nontheless, travelled to boundary as RCB chased down 204-run target. There was some confusion regarding the status of ball and the match, but the umpires awarded the win to RCB after checking if the batter was hit-wicket or not, which she wasn't.
WPL 2026: RCB winning hit becomes contentious
RCB needed 10 runs off the final six balls with Radha Yadav and Nadine de Klerk batting and Sree Charani with the ball in hand. The bowler gave away two singles on the first two balls, making it 8 off 4 and giving a faint hope to Delhi. The hope, however, soon dashed as Radha smashed two back-to-back boundaries. The second boundary, however, took a bit of time to be awarded after the stumps were disturbed. Have a look at the video of the moment below:
DC fail to break final jinx fourth time in a row
Playing in their fourth consecutive WPL final, DC did well with the bat and scored 203/4 in 20 overs - the highest total in a Women's Premier League (WPL) final. For DC, skipper Jemimah Rodrigues scores a brilliant 55 off 37 and Laura Wolvaardt (44 unbeaten off 25) as well as Chinelle Henry (35 not out off 15) played brillliant cameos as well.
Chasing the target, RCB lost Grace Harris cheaply in the second over itself but skipper and orange cap winner Smriti Mandhana (87 off 41) and Georgia Voll (79 off 54) added 165 runs for the second wicket in 15.2 overs to effectively put the match out DC's hand. DC did make a small comeback by removing Mandhana, Voll and Richa Ghosh in space of 13 balls and 17 runs but it was too late for them. RCB eventually won their second title by chasing the highest total in WPL's final history and became only the second team after Mumbai Indians to have won two title.
