Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women Playing XI vs Gujarat Giants Women- Women’s Premier League 2026, Match 9

GGW Vs RCBW

Gujarat Giants Women will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women in the ninth match of the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League. This article provides details about Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women’s Playing 11 vs Gujarat Giants Women for the upcoming match.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women Playing XI vs Gujarat Giants Women- Women’s Premier League 2026, Match 9:

Openers: Smriti Mandhana (c), Grace Harris

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women would look to keep the winning momentum going that they have on their side in the current season of the Women’s Premier League when they take on the Gujarat Giants Women.

The Smirithi Mandhana-led side has a good opportunity to build pressure on the Giants, who are coming into the match on the back of a loss against the Mumbai Indians Women in the previous game.

The former WPL champions would bank on their batters to come good like they did in the last match against the UP Warriorz Women and put on yet another strong performance.

The onus will be on the opening pair of Grace Harris and Smrithi Mandhana to get the team off to a good start and provide a platform for the incoming batters to capitalize on.

Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Dayalan Hemalatha, Gautami Naik, Richa Ghosh (wk), Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy

The opening pair will be followed by a middle order, which was untested in the previous match against the UP Warriorz Women, and they would hope to make the most of the opportunity that it gets in the next game.

Names like Richa Ghosh and Nadine de Klerk make the middle order of RCB Women a force to reckon with, as both of them have the ability to change the game in their team’s favour in no time.

The duo would also look for support from the likes of Gautami Naik and Dayalan Hemalatha to deliver a strong performance with the bat.

The responsibility will have to be taken by the top five batters to score the majority of the runs for the team, and not rely on the all-rounders and lower-order batters to get the job done.

Bowlers: Shreyanka Patil, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell

As far as the RCB Women’s bowling attack is concerned, it comprises Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Linsey Smith, and Lauren Bell, all of whom have had good outings so far and would like to build on them.

If the bowlers are able to bring their A game to the fore, they will have a strong chance of restricting the Gujarat Giants Women batters to a manageable total while bowling first or while defending whatever target is set by them for the opposition.

Lauren Bell will once again be entrusted to provide early breakthroughs and help other bowlers take control of the proceedings in the middle overs.

Bell will be supported by Nadine de Klerk and Arundhati Reddy, the two all-rounders that the team has at its disposal.

When it comes to the spin bowling department of the RCB Women, it will be handled by Linnsy Smith, Radha Yadav, and Shreyanka Patil.