UP-W vs RCB-W Today Dream11 Prediction, Match-18, Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI Players, and Pitch Report

UP Warriorz Women and Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women will face each other in the 18th Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 match. Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, will host the game on March 8, 2025. 

WPL 2025 Match-18 Details  

UP-W vs RCB-W Match Preview

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. However, UP-W lost their previous match against the Mumbai Indians Women by 6 wickets. They came to bat first and scored 150 runs in the previous game against the MI-W. In the batting line-up, Georgia Voll scored 55 runs. Grace Harris took two wickets in the bowling line-up. 

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. However, RCB-W lost by 9 wickets in the previous match against Delhi Capitals Women. They came to bat first in the previous match against the Delhi Capitals Women and scored 147 runs. Ellyse Perry played well and made 60 runs. Renuka Singh took one wicket in the bowling department. They will surely want to repeat their performance from last season.

Past Performance Stats at the Venue

The average 1st innings score at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, in T20 matches, is 128 runs, and the batting second average score is 110.

     Weather Report

• Sunny Day
• Rain Chance – 5%
• Humidity – 29 %
• Wind – 20 kph

UP-W vs RCB-W Toss Prediction

Advantages of Bowling First on This Pitch

The team that was bowling first won 59% of the matches. And in 68% 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. 

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

Total Head-to-Head Match – 05

UP Warriorz Won – 02

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Won – 03

Team Form (Last 5 Match in WPL)

UP Warriorz Women: – L, L, L, W, W,  

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

Probable Playing 11

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

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

Must Picks for UP-W vs RCB-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. However, Richa didn’t perform well in the previous game against Delhi Capitals Women. Still, she is a good player to choose for your fantasy team.

Top Batters to Pick 

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. Moreover, she performed well in the previous game, scored 28 runs and took two wickets as well against Mumbai Indians Women. She will surely help you gain some important fantasy points in the next game.

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. However, she didn’t perform well in the previous game and made just 5 runs. But we expect she will surely help you gain some important fantasy points in the next game.

Top All-Rounders to Pic

Chinelle Henry | AR | UP-W: This West Indies all-rounder played outstandingly in recent times. Moreover, she took one wicket in the previous game against the Mumbai Indians Women. She is an excellent all-rounder and will surely help you gain important fantasy points.

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. Perry performed brilliantly in the ongoing season of WPL. Perry scored 60 runs in the previous game against DEL-W. She is an excellent all-rounder and will surely help you gain important fantasy points.

Top Bowlers to Pick

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. However, Sophie went wicketless in the previous game against MI-W. But we expect she will help you to gain important fantasy points in the next game.

Renuka Singh | BOW | BLR-W: She took one wicket in the previous game against the DEL-W. We expect she will perform well in this season and will surely help you gain important fantasy points in the next game.

Captain & Vice-Captain

Captain

Ellyse Perry, Smriti Mandhana 

Vice Captain

Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris

UP-W vs RCB-W Today Match Prediction

• Scenario 1

• Toss Winner: UP Warriorz Women (opts to bat first)
• Power-Play Score: 40-55
• UP-W Total: 120-135
• Match Winner: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women 

• Scenario 2

• Toss Winner: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (opts to bat first)
• Power-Play Score: 45-60
• RCB-W Total: 135-150
• Match Winner: UP Warriorz Women  

Dream11 Team For UP-W vs RCB-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.