UPW vs RCB: Defending champion RCB's journey ended with fifth consecutive defeat, Mumbai Indians reached the playoffs
The journey of Defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) has come to an end in the Tata Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025. In the match played in Lucknow on Saturday, UP Warriors made a big play by defeating RCB by 12 runs. This is the fifth consecutive defeat of the Smriti Mandhana-led team in this tournament. Earlier, UP became the first team to be eliminated from the current tournament. At the same time, this defeat of RCB allowed Mumbai Indians to reach the playoffs.
UP made the highest score of WPL.
After winning the toss and then batting first, UP scored 225 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs on the basis of Georgia Wall's unbeaten innings of 99 runs. This is the highest score in the first innings in the Women's Premier League. In reply, RCB could only score 213 runs in 19.3 overs and were all out. Richa Ghosh scored 69 runs for them.
Highest number of runs scored by a team in the WPL
| Score | Team | opposing team | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 225/5 | UP Warriors | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2025* |
| 223/2 | Delhi Capitals | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2023 |
| 211/4 | Delhi Capitals | UP Warriors | 2023 |
