The Gujarat Giants Women are set to face the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women in the 9th match of the WPL 2026 at the DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, on Friday, January 16.
Preview
In the 9th game of the Women Premier League (WPL) 2026, Gujarat Giants Women (GG W) are set to face Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (RCB W). Gujarat Giants Women have a good start to this season as they won starting two games. However, they lost by 7 wickets against the Mumbai Indians Women in the previous game. In the last game, Georgia Wareham and Bharti Fulmali performed well and scored 43 and 36 runs, respectively. While S Devine, Kashvee Gautam and Renuka Singh took a wicket each in bowling.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women also started this season with two consecutive wins. In the last game, they won by 9 wickets while chasing 144 runs against UP Warriorz. Grace Harris was the best performer for them, scoring 85 runs. While Shreyanka Patil and Nadine de Klerk took two wickets each.
Match Information
Gujarat Giants Women vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women, Match 9
Women’s Premier League, 16 Jan 2026, Fri, 7:30 PM IST ,Mumbai
Probable PlayingXI
Gujarat Giants Women
BL Mooney, Ayushi Soni, BS Fulmali, TP Kanwer, SFM Devine, A Gardner(C), G Wareham, Kanika Ahuja, Kashvee Gautam, RS Gayakwad, Renuka Singh
Bench: Yastika Bhatia, Shivani Singh, DN Wyatt, KJ Garth, Anushka Sharma, H Kumari, Titas Sadhu
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women
S Mandhana(C), GM Harris, D Hemalatha, Gautami Naik, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Richa Ghosh, N de Klerk, A Reddy, LK Bell, LCN Smith
Bench: Prathyoosha Kumar, Georgia Voll, P Vastrakar, P Rawat, Sayali Satghare
Injury News – (Will be added when there is an update)
Pitch Report
Captains
Sophie Devine GUJ-W | all – 9
Sophie Devine is an excellent all-rounder and is currently performing well. Moreover, she scored 141 runs and five wickets in the last 3 games. She will definitely be a key player for her team this season.
Grace Harris BAN-W | all – 9
Grace Harris is an excellent batter and is currently performing well. Moreover, she scored 85 runs in the last game against UP W. She will definitely be a key player for her team this season.
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Georgia Wareham GUJ-W | ALL – 8
Georgia Wareham is an excellent all-rounder and is currently in good form. Moreover, she scored 43 runs in the last game against the Mumbai Women. She is definitely a key player for the Gujarat Giants this season.
Smriti Mandhana BAN-W | BAT – 9
Smriti Mandhana is an excellent batter and is currently performing well. Moreover, she scored 47 runs in the last game. She will definitely be a key player for her RCB W this season.
Budget
Beth Mooney GUJ-W | bat – 9
Mooney is an excellent top-order batter. She has delivered many match-winning performances in the past. Moreover, she scored 33 runs in the last game against MI W.
Nadine de Klerk BAN-W | bowl – 7.5
Nadine de Klerk is an outstanding South African all-rounder who has also performed well in the recent past. Moreover, she took two wickets in the last game against UP W.
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Radha Yadav – BAN-W | ALL – 7.5
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