RCB win the Women's Premier League final with a two-ball-margin record chase

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the 2026 Women's Premier League final on February 5, reaching 204 for four in 19.4 overs to beat Delhi Capitals, who had made 203 for four, by four wickets with two balls to spare. It is the franchise's second title in the competition's short history, and the fourth final in a row Delhi Capitals have lost.

1. 1.Delhi Capitals: 203 for four
2. 2.Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 204 for four in 19.4 overs
3. 3.Result: RCB win by four wickets, two balls in hand
4. 4.Mandhana 87 off 41, Voll 79 off 54
5. 5.Partnership: 165 runs

The chase turned on the fourth-wicket pair. With the target moving away for long stretches, Mandhana and Voll rebuilt rather than accelerated, and the required rate never left the range a top-order pair can hold for a full innings. Mandhana's 87 from 41 balls was the anchor; Voll's 79 from 54 was the innings that kept the chase level.

• Delhi Capitals' batting was carried by Jemimah Rodrigues, who made 57 from 37 balls according to the BBC's report of the match.
• RCB's first-innings score came at a rate that left them needing under eleven an over for most of the chase.
• The result gives RCB a second title and leaves Delhi Capitals searching for a different approach to the final.

Four successive final defeats is the pattern that will follow Delhi Capitals out of this tournament. The batting on the day produced 203, which was competitive, but the chase exposed a gap: a target built on one 57 and a supporting hand is thin when the opposition's top pair can play a hundred-run partnership without accelerating.