toss Royal Challengers Bangalore I chose bowling vs. mumbai indian

smriti mandana It is correctly called: Royal Challengers Bangalore Ranked 1st in (RCB) Opening game of WPL2026 Match against defending champion mumbai indian (Michigan) at DY Patil Stadium. She cited dew as one of the main factors behind her decision.

RCB, without Elise Perry, has produced as many as six debutants, three of whom are new arrivals from overseas: all-rounder Grace Harris, fast bowler Lauren Bell and left-arm spinner Lindsey Smith. A fourth overseas player, Nadine de Klerk, played one game in the 2024 title-winning campaign.

RCB’s team was packed with five all-rounders and was light in terms of batting. Richa Ghosh was listed as the No. 4 batsman and Radha Yadav as the No. 5 batsman. Apart from Mandhana, the only pure batsman was former Gujarat Giants international D Hemalatha.

MI was without Haley Matthews, who was sick. Australian all-rounder Nicola Carey was given his first cap in his place, while Nat Cyber-Blunt, Amelia Kerr and Shabnim Ismail were the other overseas players.

Matthews’ absence will likely result in a new lineup for the opening game. Teenage sensation and Under-19 World Cup winner G. Camarini, who made his India debut last month, appeared in the opening match alongside Siver-Brandt on the team sheet.

Poonam Kemnar, a slugger who once represented UP Warriors, was the other debutant for MI besides Carry.

mumbai indian: 1 Nat Silver Brandt, 2 G Kamalini (Week), 3 Amelia Kerr, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), 5 Amanjot Kaur, 6 Nicola Carey, 7 Poonam Kemnar, 8 S Sajjana, 9 Sanskriti Gupta, 10 Shabnim Ismail, 11 Saika Ishak

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Smriti Mandhana (captain), 2 Grace Harris, 3 D Hemalatha, 4 Richa Ghosh (week), 5 Radha Yadav, 6 Nadeem de Klerk, 7 Arundhati Reddy, 8 Shreyanka Patil, 9 Prema Rawat, 10 Lindsay Smith, 11 Lauren Bell