RCB-W vs DC-W Match Prediction [Source: @wplt20/x]
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (RCB-W) and Delhi Capitals Women (DC-W) will collide in match number 14 of the WPL 2025 season on Saturday, March 1 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The match marks the penultimate league fixture for the Capitals this tournament.
Defending champions RCB is currently ranked third on the WPL 2025 points table with two wins and three defeats from five games. Moreover, RCB’s current NRR reads 0.155. Smriti Mandhana and co. won their first couple of matches of the season before losing their path with three successive defeats.
The Delhi Capitals Women’s team is comfortably occupying the top spot on the WPL 2025 points table. Under the leadership of Meg Lanning, the Capitals team has registered four wins, including two in succession, and sustained just two defeats. Moreover, the NRR of the Capitals reads a formidable 0.201 at the moment.
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report: How Will The Surface Behave?
The conditions at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru seems to be offering something for both, batters as well as for the bowlers. While the average first innings total at the venue this season so far has amounted to 149, some of the recent matches hosted here have turned out to be low-scoring affairs. Spinners have been able to strangulate opposition’s batting line-ups in the middle overs of the innings. Fast bowlers have also been able to make early inroads by making full use of the new ball.
RCB-W vs DC-W: Predicted Top Picks With Player Stats
Players | Tournament Stats |
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women | |
Ellyse Perry | 235 runs and 1 wicket in 5 matches |
Renuka Singh | 9 wickets in 5 matches |
Georgia Wareham | 33 runs and 9 wickets in 5 matches |
Delhi Capitals Women | |
Jess Jonassen | 67 runs and 9 wickets in 5 matches |
Shafali Verma | 180 runs in 6 matches |
Annabel Sutherland | 79 runs and 8 wickets in 6 matches |
RCB-W vs DC-W: Predicted Game Changers
Smriti Mandhana
RCB captain Smriti Mandhana has listed 132 runs in just five innings of the WPL 2025 season at an astonishing strike rate of 137.50. The senior opening batter can provide fiery starts for her team at the top of the order, and she holds a career WPL average of 25.26. The 28-year-old belted 81 runs from just 47 balls with 10 boundaries and three sixes in a match-winning cause for the RCB, against the Delhi Capitals no less in Vadodara a couple of weeks ago.
Shikha Pandey
Delhi Capitals fast bowler Shikha Pandey has picked up seven wickets this WPL 2025 season in just six innings at a bowling average of 22.42. Pandey even delivered match-winning figures of 2-18 against Gujarat Giants a few days ago in Bengaluru. The 35-year-old holds an innate ability of making the new ball talk earlier in the innings.
RCB-W vs DC-W: Match Prediction
Predicted Scores
1st innings: 155-160
2nd innings: 160-165
Predicted Winner: The chasing team will have a better chance of winning the match, as per the recent track record of the venue. Form wise, table-toppers Delhi Capitals Women will start out as favorites to defeat the defending champions.