GG vs RCB, WPL 2026 Highlights: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Gujarat Giants by 61 runs, reach playoffs

Smriti Mandhana: "Very happy. To get close to 180 with the start we got is amazing. Very happy for Gautami, coming after a good show in domestic cricket. I think the attitude she has had from the first game. If the attitude is there to do well, that's the most important thing. For her to do it without the experience, it's a commendable effort. I did mention in the strategic break that 160+ would be good enough. Last year the pitch played very differently and this time it's pretty dry. It's a happy support staff with five different match-winners. Even the others in the XI have contributed. Looking forward to the break. To play 3 games in 4 days with a travel day isn't easy. The message to the girls is to take a couple of days break and come back. We have not been really big on what's going to happen. Credit to our support staff as well. They have kept us really positive."

Radha Yadav to bowl the penultimate over of the innings. Renuka and Tanuja Kanwer get a boundary each in this over, taking 11 from it.

GG: 114/8 in 19 overs

Sayali Satghare is back into the attack. Will complete her quota in this over. OUT! Ash Gardner leans sideways, plays way away from her body and slices it to backward point fielder Prema Rawat. End of a rearguard action from Gardner. She departs after scoring 54. Tanuja Kanwer is in the middle now. Sayali welcomes her with a waist-height full-toss; she navigates for a single. 100 up for Gujarat.

Ashleigh Gardner c Prema Rawat b Sayali Satghare 54(43)

GG: 100/7 in 17 overs

Ash Gardner finally gets something to cheer. She takes on Radha Yadav and slams her for three FOURS in the over to take 14 from this one. Too late, too little perhaps. With the game as good as gone, Gujarat could play for self-respect.

GG: 72/6 in 14 overs

Shreyanka Patil joins the attack after the drinks break. She bowls a quick and a quite over to give just three from her first over.

Radha Yadav continues from the other end. OUT! Gujarat continue to implode in the chase. Kashvee Gautam goes for a big heave and has been cleaned up. Georgia Wareham is the new batter in. Fifty up for Gujarat in the 12th over.

GG: 52/5 in 11 overs

Radha Yadav in the attack now. Kashvee Gautam is in at No. 6. FOUR! After three dot deliveries, Ash Gardner gets something to cheer for. A thick outside edge runs past the slip at third man for a boundary. Just five from Radha's first over.

GG: 39/4 in 8 overs

Sayali Satghare with her third over as well. FOUR! Third boundary for Anushka in last three overs. Short ball, way outside off and Anushka has a lot of room to throw the kitchen sink at this one and slashes it over point. A dot followed by four singles. 8 off the over. 29 after the end of Powerplay for Gujarat.

GG: 29/3 in 6 overs

Sayali Satghare continues. Two new batters in the middle - Anushka Sharma and skipper Ash Gardner. Gujarat are pushed back immediately in the chase. FOUR! Good, cricketing shot. Full on off and Sharma lofts it over mid-off for a good-looking boundary. A single for Anushka before Gardner gets off the mark.

GG: 12/3 in 4 overs

Sayali Satghare from the other end. OUT! CLEANED UP! Length ball on off and, nipped back enough to go through Mooney's defences. Big wicket, more importantly early wicket for RCB. Anushka Sharma is in at No. 3. She gets off the mark with a single after playing a couple of dots. OUT! Another big wicket. In-fom Sophie Devine departs on 0. Great start for RCB. Again a length ball on middle and off, Devine pulls it straight to Georgia Voll at deep mid-wicket. Top over from Sayali Satghare.

GG: 4/2 in 2 overs

Beth Mooney b Sayali Satghare 3(4); Sophie Devine c Georgia Voll b Sayali Satghare 0(4)

Gujarat Giants openers Beth Mooney and Sophie Devine are in the middle. Lauren Bell will operate with the new ball.

Kashvee Gautam to bowl the final over. Nadine de Klerk gets a single off the first ball. FOUR! Radha is playing a very good hand towards the fag end of the innings. She clears the cover region to get a boundary. FOUR MORE! Clever from Radha this time. Shuffles in the crease, Gautam looks to target the legs but Radha flicks it fine for a second boundary. OUT! Radha falls this time. Slower one from Gautam, Radha holes out straight to Fulmali mid-off. Shreyanka Patil is the new batter in. FOUR! First ball boundary for Patil. Slower again, outside off but Patil shuffles across, stays low and sweeps it towards the deep backward square leg. FOUR! Fourth boundary for RCB, second in a row for Patil who helps her team end on high. 17 off the last over. A great fighting total for the Women in Red and Black. Game on!

RCB: 178/6 in 20 overs

Sophie Devine is into the attack now. FOUR! Naik with her fourth boundary. Slams down the ground for a four and these are much-needed runs for RCB at the moment. Nice recovery from Devine, who gives just three from her last five deliveries.

RCB: 66/2 in 9 overs

Renuka to finish her quota, bowls her fourth straight over. SIX! Gautami is in the act now. After a four in the previous over, she gets a maximum this time to start the over on a perfect note. Full and swinging in for the right-hander, Naik gets into the position and lofts it with a flick towards deep square leg. FOUR! Mandhana this time. Uses her backlift, swivel pull for a boundary to keep up the ante. A single to finish a good over for RCB. 12 off it.

RCB: 49/2 in 7 overs

Renuka Singh, with her third over, bowls another tidy one. Just a couple of singles and a two for a four-run over.

RCB: 32/2 in 5 overs

Renuka Singh Thakur with her second over. Gautami Naik joins Mandhana at No. 4. Mandhana starts the over with a single. Naik gets going with a single, too. Lovely over from Renuka, who tested the patience of the batters in the middle. Three singles and one wide make it a four-run over.

RCB: 13/2 in 3 overs

Renuka Singh Thakur to start proceedings with the white new ball for Gujarat. Grace Harris has the strike. Renuka starts with a gentle inswinger, and it's defended by Harris to begin cautiously. She gets off the mark in the following delivery with a single. Skipper Smriti Mandhana has the strike now. She, too, is off the mark after playing a couple of dots. OUT! Renuka strikes early, and it's the big wicket of Harris. Pitched up, in the middle and Harris chips straight to the hands of Arshleigh Gardner at mid-on. Early, quite early breakthrough for GG.

Grace Harris c Ashleigh Gardner b Renuka Singh 1(3)

RCB: 2/1 in 1 overs

Unbeaten in the tournament thus far with four wins in as many matches, RCB are just one win away from securing a spot in the finals. A win against GG today would make her the first finalist already.

Gujarat Giants: Beth Mooney(w), Sophie Devine, Anushka Sharma, Kanika Ahuja, Ashleigh Gardner(c), Georgia Wareham, Kashvee Gautam, Bharti Fulmali, Tanuja Kanwer, Happy Kumari, Renuka Singh Thakur.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Grace Harris, Smriti Mandhana(c), Georgia Voll, Richa Ghosh(w), Gautami Naik, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Prema Rawat, Shreyanka Patil, Sayali Satghare, Lauren Bell.

Gujarat Giants: Beth Mooney(wk), Sophie Devine, Shivani Singh, Ashleigh Gardner (c), Georgia Wareham, Kanika Ahuja, Bharti Fulmali, Kashvee Gautam, Tanuja Kanwer, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh Thakur.

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.

The Kotambi Stadium has truly been a chase-loving venue. The venue has hosted six women's T20s till date (all in WPL 2025). Out of the six matches, all were won by the chasing side, with the average first innings total being 156.

After an exciting Navi Mumbai leg, the Women's Premier League 2026 has moved to its second and final destination - Vadodara. The second leg, including the playoffs and the final, will be played at the BCA Stadium in Kotambi. Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match.

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