Lauren Bell, Sayali skittle Capitals; Mandhana aces chase as RCB win big in WPL 2026

RCB Women blank Delhi Capitals in WPL 2026 [Source: @wplt20/x]

RCB Women steamrolled Delhi Capitals to register their fourth win in succession this WPL 2026 season in Navi Mumbai. Captain Smriti Mandhana slapped a match-winning half-century after her opening pacers Lauren Bell and Sayali Satghare went on a wicket-taking spree with the new ball and the old.

Here, we take a look at the entire highlights from the 11th match of the WPL 2026 season between Delhi Capitals Women and RCB Women, as it panned out at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Saturday, January 17. 

Lauren Bell, Sayali skittle Capitals top-order before Shafali rescue

Delhi Capitals Women lost four of their top five batters within the first two overs of the match to slip to 10-4 early in the game. RCB fast bowlers Lauren Bell and Sayali Satghare both struck twice each in their respective opening overs, with the Englishwoman knocking over Capitals opener Lizelle Lee and South African run-machine Laura Wolvaardt.

In the following over, Sayali Satghare cleaned up Delhi skipper Jemimah Rodrigues and legendary all-rounder Marizanne Kapp in successive deliveries to blow away the Capitals top-order. India’s Under-19 World Cup winning captain Niki Prasad made 12 from 14 balls to share a counterattacking 59-run partnership with blistering opener Shafali Verma. However, Prasad’s resistance was halted by Prema Rawat, before Nadine de Klerk bested Minnu Mani as the Capitals further slipped to 74-6 in 8.1 overs.

Despite losing wickets at various critical junctures of the innings, Shafali Verma kept rolling on with an attacking 62 from 41 balls with five fours and four huge sixes, thus largely contributing in Capitals’ 166-run total in 20 overs. Sneh Rana listed a run-a-ball 22, and Lucy Hamilton bludgeoned 36 off 19 balls to provide the slog-overs impetus to the Capitals.

For the RCB Women, Lauren Bell (3-26) and Sayali Satghare (3-27) picked up a wicket each at the death to finish with three wickets in the innings. Prema Rawat also struck twice in the middle-overs to secure impressive figures of 2-16, which included the prized scalp of Sneh Rana.

Smriti Mandhana, Georgia Voll douse Delhi Capitals hopes

Marizanne Kapp struck with the new ball with the wicket of RCB Women opener Grace Harris for just a single from four deliveries. Jolted early in the chase at 14-1, RCB skipper Smriti Mandhana and number three Georgia Voll pummeled Delhi Capitals bowlers with a match-defining partnership of 142 runs.

Mandhana blasted 96 from 61 balls with 13 regal boundaries and three humungous sixes. However, at the brink of a remarkable century, the RCB skipper got holed out by Lucy Hamilton at point off Nandani Sharma (1-34).

Nonetheless, Georgia Voll notched up her own half-century, and scored the winning runs to reach 54* off 42 balls with five fours and two huge sixes. Richa Ghosh remained unbeaten at 7* off four balls as RCB Women secured a comprehensive eight-wicket win in just 18.2 overs.