MUM-W vs BLR-W Prediction, WPL 2026, Match 1, Match Winner, Team, Playing XI and Pitch Report

Mumbai Indians Women will take on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women in the first match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2025) at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Friday, January 9.

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Mumbai Indians, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, will enter the competition as the defending champions after defeating Delhi Capitals in the grand finale last season. On the other hand, the Smriti Mandhana-led RCB Women ended the league phase in fourth place last season.

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Details

Match: Mumbai Indians Women vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women, WPL 2026, Match 1

Time & Date: 7:30 PM IST, Friday, January 9

Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Pitch Report

The average first innings score at this venue is 150. We can expect the captain, who won the toss, to elect to bowl first and put a lot of pressure on the opposition. Any score above 165 would be a tough ask for the chasing side.

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Probable XIs

Mumbai Indians Women

Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Sajeevan Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Poonam Khemnar, G Kamalini (wk), Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women

Smriti Mandhana (c), Georgia Voll, Dayalan Hemalatha, Richa Ghosh (wk), Grace Harris, Nadine de Klerk, Shreyanka Patil, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Linsey Smith, Arundhati Reddy.

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Winner Prediction

Match Winner: Mumbai Indians Women.

These two sides played a total of five games against each other. While the MI Women bagged three wins, the RCB Women could secure only two victories. On that note, we can expect the Mumbai Indians Women to bag a comfortable win in this encounter.

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