MI vs RCB HIGHLIGHTS WPL 2026: All-round de Klerk help Bengaluru beat Mumbai in tournament opener
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Highlights: Nadine de Klerk scored unbeaten 63 runs with the bat after taking four wickets with the ball to hand the 2024 champions a perfect start in WPL
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB full scorecard
The seesaw battle was on display in the opening fixture of WPL 2026 between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Mumbai Indians. The day started with RCB putting early pressure on MI with the ball, halting them at a modest total of 154 for 6. However, MI replied with a strong bowling performance of their own, only to be overshadowed by the individual brilliance of Nadine de Klerk, who scored an unbeaten 63 to hand RCB a three-wicket victory on the final ball of the match.
Earlier, RCB won the toss in the opening fixture and invited defending champions MI to bat first. The defending champions had a tough start as Lauren Bell, with back-to-back dot balls, kept the batters under pressure before Amelia Kerr (4) lost patience and sent one in the air to depart as the first wicket of WPL 2026.
However, G Kamilini struck some beautiful shots from the other end as MI finished the powerplay at 34 for 1. South African Nadine de Klerk then got Nat Sciver-Brunt (4) stumped right after the powerplay as MI were on the back foot early. G Kamilini (32) tried to steady MI’s innings with some classic shots but eventually lost her wicket to Shreyanka Patil.
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (20) looked in fine touch to go big but was surprised by a googly from Nadine de Klerk as MI were reduced to 67 for 4. Nicola Carey and Sajeevan Sajana (45) then stole the spotlight and added a brilliant 82-run stand off just 49 balls for the fifth wicket to help MI get back in the match.
Nadine de Klerk removed the dangerous Sajeevan Sajana (45) and Nicola Carey (40) in the final over, but the defending champions still managed to post a fighting total of 154 for 6 on the board.
In reply, RCB got off to a fiery start, adding 40 runs for the wicket in no time before Shabnim Ismail removed Smriti Mandhana (18) to hand MI their first success of the season with the ball. Nat Sciver-Brunt then removed Grace Harris (25) as RCB were quickly reduced to 47 for 2.
Dayalan Hemalatha (7) came out to bat at number three but could not do much as she was dismissed by Amanjot Kaur before Amelia Kerr removed Radha Yadav (1) and Richa Ghosh (6) in the span of four balls to reduce RCB to 65 for 5. Nadine de Klerk and Arundhati Reddy then stitched a crucial half-century stand for the sixth wicket to put RCB back in the chase.
Nicola Carey then removed Arundhati Reddy (20) and Shreyanka Patil (1) in the same over to put RCB back under pressure. However, Nadine de Klerk (63 not out) then took matters into her own hands and scored 20 runs off the final over to take RCB past the required total of 155 as she single-handedly gave RCB the win.
Scorecard:
Mumbai Indians:
| Mumbai Indians Women (20 ovs maximum) | ||||||
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Amelia Kerr | c Reddy b Bell | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26.66 |
| Gunalan Kamalini † | b Patil | 32 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 114.28 |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt | st †Ghosh b de Klerk | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur (c) | c †Ghosh b de Klerk | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 117.64 |
| Nicola Carey | c Hemalatha b de Klerk | 40 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 137.93 |
| Sajeevan Sajana | c Mandhana b de Klerk | 45 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 180 |
| Amanjot Kaur | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poonam Khemnar | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 8) 9 | |||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 7.70) 154/6 | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s |
| Lauren Bell | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3.5 | 19 |
| Linsey Smith | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.5 | 5 |
| Arundhati Reddy | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | 4 |
| Nadine de Klerk | 4 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 6.5 | 10 |
| Shreyanka Patil | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Radha Yadav | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.5 | 3 |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (T: 155 runs from 20 ovs) | |||||||
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Grace Harris | c Ismail b Nat Sciver-Brunt | 25 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 208.33 |
| Smriti Mandhana (c) | c Khemnar b Ismail | 18 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 138.46 |
| Dayalan Hemalatha | lbw b AB Kaur | 7 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 |
| Richa Ghosh † | c Carey b Kerr | 6 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Radha Yadav | b Kerr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Nadine de Klerk | not out | 63 | 44 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 143.18 |
| Arundhati Reddy | c Kerr b Carey | 20 | 25 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 80 |
| Shreyanka Patil | b Carey | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Prema Rawat | not out | 8 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 200 |
| Extras | (b 5, w 3) 8 | ||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 7.85) 157/7 | ||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 11.75 | 8 | 6 |
| Shabnim Ismail | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.5 | 14 | 5 |
| Nicola Carey | 4 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 8.75 | 7 | 4 |
| Amanjot Kaur | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| Amelia Kerr | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3.25 | 13 | 0 |
| Saika Ishaque | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
11:16 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (T: 155 runs from 20 ovs) | |||||||
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Grace Harris | c Ismail b Nat Sciver-Brunt | 25 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 208.33 |
| Smriti Mandhana (c) | c Khemnar b Ismail | 18 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 138.46 |
| Dayalan Hemalatha | lbw b AB Kaur | 7 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 |
| Richa Ghosh † | c Carey b Kerr | 6 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Radha Yadav | b Kerr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Nadine de Klerk | not out | 63 | 44 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 143.18 |
| Arundhati Reddy | c Kerr b Carey | 20 | 25 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 80 |
| Shreyanka Patil | b Carey | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Prema Rawat | not out | 8 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 200 |
| Extras | (b 5, w 3) 8 | ||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 7.85) 157/7 | ||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 11.75 | 8 | 6 |
| Shabnim Ismail | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.5 | 14 | 5 |
| Nicola Carey | 4 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 8.75 | 7 | 4 |
| Amanjot Kaur | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| Amelia Kerr | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3.25 | 13 | 0 |
| Saika Ishaque | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
11:10 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB beat MI
Over Summary: 0 0 6 4 6 4; RCB-W 157/7 after 19 overs; Nadine de Klerk 63 (44), Prerma Rawat 8 (4)
Nat Sciver Brunt comes back in the attack for MI. She gives away 20 runs from the over as RCB finally wins the tug of war of momentum and wins the game by 3 wickets.
11:03 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 18 runs to win in 6 balls
Over Summary: 0 4 0 2 1 4; RCB-W 137/7 after 19 overs; Nadine de Klerk 43 (38), Prerma Rawat 8 (4)
Shabnim Ismail comes back in the attack for MI. She gives away 11 runs from the over
10:59 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 29 runs to win in 12 balls
Over Summary: 0 0 1 0 0 4; RCB-W 126/7 after 18 overs; Nadine de Klerk 36 (33), Prerma Rawat 4 (3)
Amanjot Kaur comes back in the attack for MI. She gives away 5 runs from the over
10:54 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 34 runs to win in 18 balls
Over Summary: W 1 0 2 1 W; RCB-W 121/7 after 17 overs; Nadine de Klerk 35 (30)
Nicola Carey continues the attack for MI. She gives away 4 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Arundhati Reddy (20) and Shreyanka Patil (1)
10:46 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 38 runs to win in 24 balls
Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 1 1; RCB-W 117/5 after 16 overs; Nadine de Klerk 32 (27), Arundhati Reddy 20 (24)
Amelia Kerr comes back in the attack for MI. She gives away 6 runs from the over.
10:43 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 44 runs to win in 30 balls
Over Summary: 1 0 4 0 0 1; RCB-W 111/5 after 15 overs; Nadine de Klerk 29 (24), Arundhati Reddy 17 (21)
Nicola Carey comes back the attack for MI. She gives away 6 runs from the over.
10:39 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 50 runs to win in 36 balls
Over Summary: 4 0 0 1 4 4; RCB-W 105/5 after 14 overs; Nadine de Klerk 20 (19), Arundhati Reddy 16 (20)
Saika Ishaque comes into the attack for MI. She gives away 13 runs from the over.
10:36 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 63 runs to win in 42 balls
Over Summary: 2 0 1 1 4 2; RCB-W 92/5 after 13 overs; Nadine de Klerk 16 (17), Arundhati Reddy 11 (16)
Nat Sciver-Brunt comes back into the attack for MI. She gives away 10 runs from the over.
10:32 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 73 runs to win in 48 balls
Over Summary: 0 0 1 1 0 0; RCB-W 82/5 after 12 overs; Nadine de Klerk 7 (12), Arundhati Reddy 10 (15)
Amelia Kerr continues the attack for MI. She gives away 2 runs from the over.
10:28 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 75 runs to win in 54 balls
Over Summary: 1 0 1 1 1 1; RCB-W 80/5 after 11 overs; Nadine de Klerk 6 (11), Arundhati Reddy 9 (10)
Nicola Carey comes back the attack for MI. She gives away 5 runs from the over
10:25 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 80 runs to win in 60 balls
Over Summary: 1 Wd 0 0 1 0 0; RCB-W 75/5 after 10 overs; Nadine de Klerk 4 (8), Arundhati Reddy 6 (7)
Amelia Kerr continues the attack for MI. She gives away 3 runs from the over.
10:19 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 83 runs to win in 66 balls
Over Summary: 1 4 1 0 0 1; RCB-W 72/5 after 9 overs; Nadine de Klerk 3 (5), Arundhati Reddy 5 (4)
Amanjot Kaur continues the attack for MI. She gives away 7 runs from the over.
10:14 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 90 runs to win in 72 balls
Over Summary: W 1 0 Wd W 0 0; RCB-W 65/5 after 8 overs; Nadine de Klerk 1 (1), Arundhati Reddy 0 (2)
Amelia Kerr comes in the attack for MI. She gives away 2 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Radha Yadav (1) and Richa Ghosh (6)
10:08 PM
WPL 2026 MI vs RCB LIVE SCORE UPDATES: RCB need 92 runs to win in 78 balls
Over Summary: 4 1 0 W 1 0; RCB-W 63/3 after 7 overs; Richa Ghosh 6 (4), Radha Yadav 1 (1)
Amanjot Kaur comes in the attack for MI. She gives away 6 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Dayalan Hemalatha (7).
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First Published: Jan 09 2026 | 5:46 PM IST