RCB-W vs MI-W Match Prediction: Who Will Win Today's WPL 2025 Fixture?

Aakash Saini

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The Bengaluru leg of the WPL 2025 season will kick-off on Friday, February 21 with a match between defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (BLR-W) and inaugural winners Mumbai Indians Women (MUM-W). The match will be hosted by the iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and the action is slated to commence from 7:30 PM IST onwards.

Both teams played two matches each during the Vadodara leg of the competition, with RCB emerging at the top of the points table for securing wins in each of their two appearances. The Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, lost its opening match in a thrilling finish before blanking Gujarat Giants.

BLR-W vs MUM-W Predicted Score Today

Predicted first innings score: 150-165

Predicted second innings score: 155-170

Who Will Win Today’s BLR-W vs MUM-W Match?

Case 1: If Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women bat first

If the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women’s team bat first, they will be expected to chart a formidable total upfront. While the average first innings total at the venue turned out to be 152 during last year’s WPL 2024, RCB can push to 170 or above on their good batting day. Their openers Smriti Mandhana and Danni-Wyatt Hodge both went berserk during their 100-plus opening stand against Delhi Capitals a couple of days ago.

However, earlier in the tournament when both Mandhana and Danni Wyatt failed to score runs at the top, each of RCB’s middle-order batters stood up to the occasion, with players like Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh and Kanika Ahuja minting quick runs to seal off a chase.

Case 2: If Mumbai Indians Women bat first

If RCB wins the toss, there is a high possibility of Smriti Mandhana inviting Mumbai Indians to bat first. In such a case, the Mumbai Indians will once again rely on its middle-order to get big runs on the Bengaluru surface. Both of Mumbai Indians openers, i.e., Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia, are yet to conjured a single notable partnership this season.

Nat Sciver-Brunt at number three has ably shouldered her team’s responsibility by cracking twin half-centuries. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also scored a fiery 42 against Capitals before a late batting collapse.

BLR-W vs MUM-W Head-to-Head Record In T20s

Criterion
Data
Matches played5
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women won
2
Mumbai Indians Women won3
Tied0
N/R0

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report

The surface at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium seems to have something for everyone. The iconic venue hosted the first 11 matches of the WPL 2024 season last year, where the average first innings total turned out to be 152. However, teams can chart up big 180-plus totals here upon adjusting to the surface and by surviving the new ball burst. The captain winning the toss will likely opt to field first owing to the overall track record of the venue, as well as that of WPL 2025 results.

Players To Watch Out For In BLR-W vs MUM-W

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women

  • Smriti Mandhana has tallied the highest number of runs among all RCB players in WPL 2025 with 90 runs in just two innings at an average of 45.
  • Renuka Singh has taken five wickets in just two matches to emerge as the joint-leading wicket taker of the WPL 2025 season.
  • Blistering wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh has been striking at 234.37 this season. She even belted a match-winning 27-ball 64* against Gujarat Giants last week.

Mumbai Indians Women

  • Nat Sciver-Brunt has punched out successive half-centuries to haul 137 runs in just two matches. Overall, she finds herself as the second highest run-maker of the WPL 2025 season at the end of the opening leg.
  • Hayley Matthews is leading the wicket-taking charts of the WPL 2025 season by claiming five wickets in just two innings at an impressive average of 9.60.
  • Harmanpreet Kaur remains one of Mumbai Indians’ seniormost members. She scored a cracking 22-ball 42 to start off her WPL 2025 campaign.