Shreyanka Patil created a stir with the ball, RCB defeated Gujarat by 32 runs.

Shreyanka Patil created a stir with the ball, RCB defeated Gujarat by 32 runs. Tezzbuzz | 2026-01-17T06:24:38+08:00

RCB vs GG WPL 2026: In the 9th match of WPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore has defeated Gujarat Giants by 32 runs. With this victory, RCB has registered its third win in the third match of the tournament. Whereas Gujarat has its second defeat in four matches in the fourth edition of WPL. The hero of victory for RCB in this match was Radha Yadav, who scored a half-century with the bat and also bowled economically for the team. Radha received the Player of the Match award for this brilliant performance.

RCB defeated Gujarat

In this match, Gujarat captain Ashley Gardner won the toss and invited RCB captain Mandhana to bat first. Batting first, RCB scored 182 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. While chasing this target, Gujarat team was all out for 150 in 18.5 overs and lost the match by 32 runs. For RCB, Shreyanka Patil took 5 wickets for 23 runs in 3.5 overs.

Gujarat had a bad start

Beth Mooney and Sophie Devine came to open the innings for Gujarat Giants to chase the target of 183 runs set to win by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both of them added 37 runs for the first wicket in 3.4 overs. The first blow to the team came in the form of Sophie Devine, who became the victim of Arundhati Reddy after scoring 8 runs. After this, Beth Mooney handed over her wicket to Shreyanka Patil on the personal score of 27 runs.

These players returned to the pavilion cheaply

After this, Kanika Ahuja (16), Ashley Gardner (3), Georgia Berham (13) and Kashvi Gautam (18) also returned to the pavilion. Bharti Phoolmali played brilliantly for the team and played an inning of 39 runs in 30 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes but she could not lead her team to victory. He was caught out by Lauren Bell at the hands of Grace Harris. Tanuja Kanwar contributed 21 runs for GG. Lauren Bell took 3 wickets for RCB.

Radha and Richa played excellent innings

Earlier, Radha Yadav and Richa Ghosh played brilliant innings for RCB, due to which the team was able to reach the target of 182. For the team, Richa Ghosh played a explosive inning of 44 runs in 28 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. The only half-century for RCB came from the bat of Radha Yadav. Radha played an unbeaten inning of 66 runs with 6 fours and 3 sixes in 47 balls, while Sophie Devine took the maximum 3 wickets for Gujarat.