MUM-W vs BLR-W Dream11 Prediction: WPL 2026, Match 1, Fantasy Cricket Tips For Mumbai Indians Women vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women

Mumbai Indians Women will lock horns with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women in the first match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2025) at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Friday, January 9.

Led by Harmanpreet Kaur, the Mumbai Indians will enter the campaign as the defending champions after defeating the Delhi Capitals last season. Meanwhile, the Smriti Mandhana-led RCB Women ended the league phase in fourth place last season, suffering an early elimination.

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Details

Match: Mumbai Indians Women vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women, WPL 2026, Match 1

Time & Date: 7:30 PM IST, Friday, January 9

Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Pitch Report

With the average first innings score at this venue being 150, we can expect the captain, who won the toss, to elect to bowl first and put a lot of pressure on the opposition. It’s going to be a decent wicket with the bat and the ball.

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Probable XIs

Mumbai Indians Women

Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Sajeevan Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Poonam Khemnar, G Kamalini (wk), Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women

Smriti Mandhana (c), Georgia Voll, Dayalan Hemalatha, Richa Ghosh (wk), Grace Harris, Nadine de Klerk, Shreyanka Patil, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Linsey Smith, Arundhati Reddy.

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Top Picks

Amelia Kerr

Amelia Kerr was the leading wicket-taker in the previous season with 18 wickets from 10 games at an average of 15.94.

Smriti Mandana

Smriti Mandhana scored 197 runs from eight innings in the previous season. However, we can expect her to score more runs this season.

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Captain picks

Hayley Matthews

All-rounder Matthews scored 307 runs from 10 innings at an average of 30.7 and scalped 18 wickets with the ball in hand.

Nat Sciver Brunt

Nat Sciver Brunt scored 523 runs from 10 innings in the previous WPL season and scalped 12 wickets with the ball in hand.

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Head to Head Dream11 team

Hayley Matthews (c), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr (vc), Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Georgia Voll, Richa Ghosh, Nadine de Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque, Shreyanka Patil.

MUM-W vs BLR-W, WPL 2026, Match 1 Grand League Dream11 team

Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Amelia Kerr, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana (vc), Georgia Voll, Richa Ghosh, Nadine de Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, Pooja Vastrakar, Linsey Smith.

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