Royal Challengers Bangalore Women will take on UP Warriorz Women in their first match of WPL 2024. RCB Women vs UP Warriorz is match 2 of WPL 2024. Both teams will reach the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru for the match.
Therefore, RCB Women will have home advantage in the match. Smriti Mandhana leads RCB W in WPL 2024. Alyssa Healy is the captain of UP Warriorz. Below, we analyze the head-to-head records of RCB Women vs UP Warriorz ahead of their opening match.
RCB Women vs UP Warriorz Head to Head Records – WPL 2024, Match 2
Statistics Matches RCB Women Women Won UP Warriorz Won No result Overall 2 1 1 0 In M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 In last 5 matches 2 1 1 0 In WPL 2023 2 1 1 1
RCB Women vs UP Warriorz: Key Statistics
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women and UP Warriorz faced each other twice last season. Both teams won one game each. RCB Women won the first match by 5 wickets. Later, UP Warriorz beat Royal Challengers Bangalore Women by 10 wickets in the next match.
However, both the matches took place in Mumbai last year, which was a neutral venue for both the teams. RCB Women vs UP Warriorz will meet for the first time at Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in WPL 2024.
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RCB Women vs UP Warriorz: 5 recent matches
The Women’s Premier League has only had one season. Therefore, RCB Women and UP Warriorz have not faced each other in five matches so far in the tournament. In two meetings last season, both teams crushed each other once. It should be noted that both teams won the chasing matches.
While RCB Women won by 5 wickets in one game, UP managed a flawless 10-wicket win to avenge their defeat later. In Match 2 of WPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore Women have the home advantage.
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Key moments and standout performances
If we talk about batting statistics in RCB Women vs UP Warriorz head to head records, UP captain Alyssa Healy is the leading run-getter with 97 runs in 2 games. She also smashed an impressive 96 runs in a match last season.
Grace Harris smashed 46 runs in a game. For RCB Women, Ellyse Perry scored a 52-run half-century in a match. Kanika Ahuja and Sophie Devine scored 46 and 36 respectively against UP last season.
If we take a look at the bowling records between both sides, Sophie Ecclestone and Deepti Sharma of UP Warriorz have the most 5 wickets. Ecclestone also took a 4-wicket haul in a game. RCB’s Ellyse Perry took 3/16 in a game – the best show ever by her players. Perry also picked the most 3 wickets against UP.
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Trends and patterns
Last season, UP and RCB played two matches against each other and won one match each. Interestingly, the chasing team won the match like a walk in the park in both games. RCB Women chased 136 comfortably for 5 wickets.
RCB reached the target in just 18 overs. UP later easily chased down 139 for 10 wickets in the next clash, winning the match in 13 overs. Notably, the team that batted first failed to post a powerful total on both occasions.
Conclusion
RCB Women and UP Warriorz are tied in head-to-head records after the first season. Furthermore, both teams won their matches with ease, showing their complete dominance over the other side.
However, UP Warriorz won 4 of 8 games last season to make the playoffs. On the other hand, RCB Women have won only 2 matches out of 8. This time, RCB is hoping for a better show with the home advantage in the first leg of WPL 2024.