WPL 2026 Final: RCB Crowned Champions Again As DC Suffers Fourth Consecutive Heartbreak
Royal Challengers Bengaluru edge Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets to win their 2nd WPL title. Smriti Mandhana slammed a belligerent 87 off just 41 balls to chase down a mammoth 204-run target in the final. She was well complemented by Georgia Voll, who also played a scintillating knock of 79 runs off 54 balls to deny DC their maiden title. For this, this was their 4th consecutive outing, and this time, they were unable to break their final jinx despite skipper Jemimah Rodrigues' blistering half-century.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match against Delhi Capitals, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's players pose with the trophy after winning the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match against Delhi Capitals, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Smriti Mandhana celebrates after the team won the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match against Delhi Capitals, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Delhi Capitals' captain Jemimah Rodrigues, in blue, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Shreyanka Patil, left, after the latter's team won the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match against Delhi Capitals, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Radha Yadav and Nadine de Klerk celebrate after the team won the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match against Delhi Capitals, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Delhi Capitals' Lizelle Lee plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru players celebrate the wicket of Delhi Capitals' Shafali Verma during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Nadine de Klerk celebrates after taking the wicket of Delhi Capitals' Lizelle Lee during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Delhi Capitals' captain Jemimah Rodrigues plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Delhi Capitals' Laura Wolvaardt plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Delhi Capitals' captain Jemimah Rodrigues celebrates her half century during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Delhi Capitals' Chinelle Henry plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Delhi Capitals' Chinelle Henry, right, and Laura Wolvaardt during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Grace Harris plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Delhi Capitals' Chinelle Henry with teammates celebrates after taking the wicket of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Grace Harris during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Delhi Capitals' captain Jemimah Rodrigues gestures during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Smriti Mandhana celebrates her half century during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Georgia Voll plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Georgia Voll celebrates her half century during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Smriti Mandhana and teammate Georgia Voll run between the wickets during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 final T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
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