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Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women and UP Warriorz Women will face each other in the 9th Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 match. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, will host the game on February 24, 2025. 

WPL 2025 Match-9 Details  

LeagueWomen’s Premier League (WPL) 2025
MatchRoyal Challengers Bengaluru Women vs UP Warriorz Women | 9th Match
Date24th February 2025
Time07:30 PM IST
VenueM Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru 

RCB-W vs UP-W Match Preview

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women 

Smriti Mandhana’s leading team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women, is the defending champion of the Women’s Premier League. They showed an incredible performance in the last edition of the league. In this season, they started on winning notes. They came to bat first in the previous match against the Mumbai Indians Women and scored 167 runs. Ellyse Perry scored a brilliant Half-century and made 81 runs. Georgia Wareham took three wickets, while Kim Garth took two wickets in the previous game. RCB-W lost by 8 wickets in the last match against the Mumbai Indians Women. They will surely want to repeat their performance from last season.

UP Warriorz Women 

Deepti Sharma will lead UP Warriorz Women this season. They didn’t perform well in the previous season of the Women’s Premier League. In group stages in the previous season, UP-W won just 3 matches out of 8. The UP-W started this season with a loss against . They came to bat first and scored 177 runs in the previous game against Delhi Capitals Women. In the batting line-up, Chinelle Henry played well and scored 62 runs. Kranti Goud and Grace Harris took four wickets each in bowling. UP-W won the previous game by 33 runs.

Past Performance Stats at the Venue

The average 1st innings score at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, in T20 matches, is 146 runs, and the batting second average score is 138. 

     Weather Report

  • Mostly Sunny Day
  • Rain Chance – 6%
  • Humidity – 20 %
  • Wind – 21 kph

RCB-W vs UP-W Toss Prediction

Advantages of Bowling First on This Venue 

The team that was bowling first won 63% of the matches. And in 89% of the matches, teams chose to bowl first here. So, there are more chances that teams will choose to bowl first after winning the toss. 

RCB-W vs UP-W Head-to-Head Record

Total Head-to-Head Match – 04

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Won – 03

UP Warriorz Won – 01

Team Form (Last 5 Match in BPL)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: – L, W, W, W, W,

UP Warriorz Women: – W, L, L, L, W,

Probable Playing 11

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: Smriti Mandhana ©, Denni Wyatt, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Richa Ghosh, Ekta Bisht, VJ Joshitha, Renuka Singh, Kanika Ahuja, Raghvi Bist

UP Warriorz Women: Deepti Sharma ©, Vrinda Dinesh, Kiran Navgire, Chanelle Henry, Grace Harris, Tahlia McGrath, Uma Chetry, Sophie Ecclestone, Kranti Goud, Saima Thakor, Shweta Sehrawat

Must Picks for RCB-W vs UP-W Match

Top wicket-keepers to pick

Richa Ghosh | WK | BLR-W: 

Richa played well in the previous season of the WPL. She played 10 matches and scored 257 runs, with an impressive strike rate of 141. Richa scored 28 runs in the previous game against Mumbai Indians Women. She is a good player to choose for your fantasy team.

Top Batters to Pick 

Smriti Mandhana | BAT | BLR-W: Smriti played outstandingly in the previous season of WPL. She played 10 matches and scored 300 runs with an impressive strike rate of 134. Moreover, she did perform well in the last game against the Mumbai Indians Women and scored 28 runs. We expect she will surely help you gain some important fantasy points in the next game. 

Grace Harris | BAT | UP-W: Grace played well in the previous season of WPL. She played 8 matches and scored 188 runs with an impressive strike rate of 136. Grace also took 4 wickets. She performed well in the previous game against the Delhi Women and took four wickets. She will surely help you gain some important fantasy points in the next game.

Top All-Rounders to Pick

Ellyse Perry | AR | BLR-W: This Australian all-rounder played outstandingly in the previous season of WPL. She was the top run scorer from last season. Perry played 9 matches and scored 347 runs. She also took 7 wickets as well. Moreover, Perry scored a half-century in the previous game against Mumbai Indians Women and made 81 runs. She is an excellent all-rounder and will surely help you gain important fantasy points.

Chinelle Henry | AR | UP-W: This West Indies all-rounder played outstandingly in recent times. She scored 62 runs and took one wicket as well in the previous game against the Delhi Women. She is an excellent all-rounder and will surely help you gain important fantasy points.

Top Bowlers to Pick

Renuka Singh | BOW | BLR-W: She went wicketless in the previous game against the MI-W. But still, we expect she will perform well in this season and will surely help you gain important fantasy points in the next game.

Sophie Ecclestone | BOW | UP-W: Ecclestone is the highest wicket-taker for the UP Warriorz Women in the previous season. She took 11 wickets in 8 matches. Although Sophie went wicketless in the previous game against DEL-W. We expect she will help you to gain important fantasy points.

Captain & Vice-Captain

Captain

Ellyse Perry, Deepti Sharma 

Vice Captain

Smriti Mandhana, Georgia Wareham/C Henry 

RCB-W vs UP-W Today Match Prediction

  • Scenario 1
  • Toss Winner: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (opts to bat first)
  • Power-Play Score: 40-55
  • RCB-W Total: 140-155
  • Match Winner: UP Warriorz Women
  • Scenario 2
  • Toss Winner: UP Warriorz Women (opts to bat first)
  • Power-Play Score: 45-55
  • UP-W Total: 135-150
  • Match Winner: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women  

Dream11 Team For RCB-W vs UP-W Match

Head-to-Head / Small League 

Grand League / Mega League

Disclaimer

The author created this team based on his knowledge, analysis, and judgment. While selecting your team, note the points mentioned and make your own decision. Also, once the toss occurs, you might modify the teams based on the playing XIs.

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