Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women will take on the UP Warriorz Women in the fifth match of the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League. This article provides details about UP Warriorz Women’s Playing 11 vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women.
UP Warriorz Women Playing XI vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women- Women’s Premier League 2026, Match 5:
Openers: Kiran Navgire, Meg Lanning (c)
UP Warrirz Women would hope to get things going as far as winning matches are concerned when they go head-to-head against RCB Women in their second match of the tournament.
The Meg Lanning-led side would back their bowlers to restrict RCB Women to a manageable total, as the opposition has got players who can take the game away from them in the blink of an eye.
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Along with the bowlers, the batters will also be entrusted to have a good outing and chase whatever target is set by the opposition.
The onus will be on the openers to lay a platform for the middle orders to capitalize on by playing in an attacking manner in the first six overs of the innings.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Phoebe Litchfield, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Deandra Dottin, Shikha Pandey, Shweta Sehrawat (wk), Sophie Ecclestone
The likes of Phoebe Litchfield, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, and Deandra Dottin make UP Warriorz Women’s middle order a force to reckon with against any opposition.
All the above-mentioned batters will be banked upon to put on a strong show with the bat and make the opposition captain change her plans, which she had set for a particular batter in the upcoming match.
One of the biggest advantages that UP Warriorz have at their disposal is the fact that they bat deep, meaning that the top-order batters have the license to go for their shots right from the first ball.
Having said that, the responsibility will be on the top five batters to score the bulk of the team’s runs and not depend on the lower-order batters to finish the job, despite having depth in the batting department against RCB Women.
Bowlers: Asha Sobhana, Kranti Gaud
If we talk about UP Warriorz Women’s bowling lineup, it would aim to keep the RCB Women batters in check in what are expected to be good conditions for batting, especially in the second innings of the game, with dew playing its part.
The bowlers will have to be at the top of their game right from the start of UP Warriorz Women’s bowling innings, as they might get wet conditions to bowl in, meaning that they will have their task cut out.
Experienced bowlers like Deepti Sharma will have to put their hand up and control things in the middle overs, with Kranti Gaud keeping things under check in the first six overs by picking up wickets.
It will have to be a complete effort from the bowling unit, with each bowler putting his hand up and contributing to his team in all three phases of the innings and increasing their team’s chances of winning by doing so.