RCB W vs UP W 5th Match WPL 2026: Match Preview, Probable XIs, Pitch Report and Winner Prediction

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (RCB W) and UP Warriorz Women ( UP W) are ready to face each other in the 5th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 at DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, on Monday, January 12. This match is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM IST. Stay tuned with our RCB W vs UP W prediction, team preview, pitch report, player stats and winner prediction ahead of this exciting contest.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women started the season with a good performance as they defeated Mumbai Indians Women by three wickets in the opener. Nadine de Klerk performed well with the bat and ball to lead the team to win. RCB fans surely like the team to continue performing well in the upcoming matches. On the other hand, UP Warriorz did not have a good start to the tournament as they lost their first match against Gujarat Giants by 10 runs. However, they would like win this match.

Head-to-Head Record: Till now, a total of 6 T20 WPL matches have been played between these two sides, and surprisingly, both teams won three each. Moreover, in the last five head-to-head games, RCB W has performed well and has won 3 games, while UP W has won twice.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women Preview

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women started the season with a win as they defeated Mumbai Indians Women by three wickets in the league opener. In the last match, RCB W got a target of 157 and did not get much help from the top order. But in the middle order, Nadine de Klerk scored a brilliant half-century to lead the team to win the match. Now, RCB W will definitely want to continue this winning streak.

In batting, the top-order of Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women did not perform well in the last match. However, Grace Harris played an innings of 25 runs in 12 balls and gave a strong start, but after that, wickets kept falling for RCB. Moreover, Nadine de Klerk played an innings of 63 runs in 44 balls and helped Bengaluru to win the match. The top-order batters will definitely need to perform well in the next match.

In bowling, Royal Challengers Bangalore Women will need to do well. In the last match, they failed to capitalise on the early wickets of the Mumbai Indians. However, Lauren Bell bowled brilliantly to stop the run flow. Nadine de Klerk also did well with the ball and took four wickets. Fans definitely want to see RCB W win games continually.

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UP Warriorz Women Preview

UP Warriorz Women put up a good performance in the previous match, but despite that, they lost their first match against Gujarat Giants by 10 runs. Chasing 208, the Warriorz managed 197 runs only. Although the top-order batsmen tried their best to do well, the middle-order failed to convert the good start into a win. In the next match, the Warriorz will try to do well.

In batting, the UP Warriorz top-order batted well in the last match. Phoebe Litchfield played a knock of 78 runs in 40 balls with a strike rate of 195. Meg Lanning also scored 30 runs. However, in the middle order, apart from Shweta Sehrawat’s innings of 25 runs in 17 balls, other batsmen failed to do well. Warriorz will definitely expect the rest of the batsmen to do well in the next match.

In bowling, UP Warriorz bowlers didn’t perform well in the last game. However, they take wickets but also concede too many runs. Sophie Ecclestone took two wickets while Shikha Pandey and Deandra Dottin took one wicket each. Their fans will definitely expect the bowlers to perform well in the next match.

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RCB W vs UP W Probably Playing XI 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: Grace Harris, Smriti Mandhana (C), Dayalan Hemalatha, Richa Ghosh, Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Prema Rawat, Linsey Smith, Lauren Ball

UP Warriorz Women: Kiran Navgire, Meg Lanning (C), Phoebe Litchfield, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Shweta Sehrawat, Deandra Dottin, Sophie Ecclestone, Asha Sobhana, Shikha Pandey, Kranti Gaud

RCB W vs UP W Pitch Report

The pitch at DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, generally offers a batting-friendly surface. Two of the first three matches have been high scoring at this venue, with 190-plus runs being scored three times. It shows that this ground is excellent for the batters, they will get the opportunity to score high runs. However, the pacers will get wicket-taking opportunities in the initial overs, while the spinners can perform well in the middle overs.

The weather on Monday at Dr. D.Y. Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai is expected to be sunny, around 33°C with 0% chance of rain, moderate 36% humidity and light winds near 11 km/h.

RCB W vs UP W Winner Prediction

Both teams have seen some close encounters in the past, but considering their current form, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women will be the favourites to win this match. They have been consistently performing well against UP Warriorz in the recent past and would definitely like to continue it in this match as well. Apart from this, they ‌started the tournament with a win, due to which their confidence will also be good.

On the other hand, Up Warriorz made many mistakes in the last match, due to which they lost the previous match. However, if they didn’t make mistakes, they could definitely give a tough fight to Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women. Apart from this, they also won the last match against Bengaluru in the previous season.

Our Prediction: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women 

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