MI vs RCB Match WPL 2026: The players of the Indian women's team, which was recently celebrating the historic victory of the first ODI World Cup, will now be seen playing against each other. The fourth season of the Women's Premier League is going to start in Navi Mumbai from today. There will be no dearth of excitement in the opening match. Defending champion Mumbai Indians will face Royal Challengers Bangalore. The command of Mumbai is in the hands of Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur, while RCB will be led by star opener Smriti Mandhana. Both these teams are the only teams to have won the title so far, Mumbai has become champion twice and RCB has lifted the trophy once.
Mumbai Indians team seems to be the strongest contender this time too. Apart from Harmanpreet, veteran players like England captain Nate Siver-Brunt and West Indies captain Hayley Matthews are the strength of the team. The team has retained its core group. New Zealand's Amelia Kerr, Australia's young fast bowler Millie Illingworth and India's reliable Amanjot Kaur have given more depth to the batting. At the same time, South Africa's Shabnim Ismail will lead the bowling, with whom there will be spinners like Saika Ishaq.
On the other hand, RCB is also no less. Smriti Mandhana will have a big responsibility to give a strong start to the team. Australia's Georgia Wareham, Grace Harris and South Africa's Nadine de Klerk will handle the middle order. Richa Ghosh will play an important role as wicketkeeper-finisher. Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar and England's Lauren Bell will be prominent in fast bowling, while bowlers like Linsey Smith, Radha Yadav and Shreyanka Patil will provide strength in the spin department.
The presence of two big Indian names like Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana gives this match the flavor of IPL style high-profile rivalry. Let us tell you, so far 7 matches have been played between the two teams in the Women's Premier League. During this period, Mumbai Indians team has won 4 matches. Whereas, 3 matches have been in the name of Royal Challengers Bangalore. That means there is a tough competition between the two teams and something similar can be seen this time too.
Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Nate Siver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, G. Kamalini, Amelia Kerr, Shabnim Ismail, Sanskriti Gupta, Sajna Sajeevan, Rahila Firdous, Nicola Carey, Poonam Khemnar, Triveni Vashishtha, Nalla Reddy, Saika Ishaq, Millie Illingworth.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Woll, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell, Linsey Smith, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Grace Harris, Gautami Naik, Pratyosha Kumar, D. Hemalatha, Sayali Satghare.
