Since the start of IPL, Virat Kohli had to wait 18 years to taste the trophy. However, the women’s team ended the franchise’s trophy drought. RCB to win WPL for the first time in 2024. And the next year in 2025, Virat Kohli won the IPB after 18 years of waiting. And in 2026, RCB became the first team to win two trophies in the same year by winning the WPL again. Which no one has done before. At the same time, IPL and WPL have won the trophy for 3 consecutive years in RCB’s house.

Incidentally, RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 203 runs after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Jemaima Rodrigues played the highest innings of 57 runs from 37 balls for Delhi. Apart from this, Laura Woolvert 44, Lizlie Lee 37, Chinley Henry played a 35-run innings. Delhi gave a target of 204 runs.

RCB lost the wicket of Grace Harris early in the run chase. But then Smriti Mandhana and Georgia Vol’s innings changed the color of the game. The two made a century partnership with devastating batting. The two star batsmen of RCB practically played with the bowling of Delhi Capitals. Both scored half centuries. The Delhi bowlers had no answer to Smriti and Georgia’s back-to-back aggressive shots. The duo put on the biggest 165-run partnership in women’s IPL history.

Georgia returned to the dressing room after playing a devastating innings of 79 runs from 54 balls. After that, the color of the match changed. Consecutive wickets fell to break the partnership. Richa Ghosh 6 and Smriti Mandhana got out after playing an innings of 87 runs off 41 balls. RCB lost consecutive wickets and fell under pressure. 11 runs were needed in the last over to win. Radha Yadav hit two consecutive fours to make RCB the champion. Bengaluru won by 6 wickets.