Jemimah Rodrigues played a captain’s knock in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) final on Thursday to power Delhi Capitals to a commanding total over Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Put into bat first, DC scored 203/4 in the stipulated 20 overs to give a 204-run target to RCB to win their second title.

Rodrigues played a blistering innings of 57 in just 37 balls, including 8 fours, after great efforts from Laura Wolvaardt and Lizelle Lee,e who scored 44 and 37 runs. While Wolvaardt was quick enough to get to his score in just 25 balls, ls including 3 fours and 2 sixes, Lee got to her score in 30 balls with 3 boundaries and as many maximums.

Shafali Verma (20 off 13) started well, smashing three boundaries,s but failed to contribute in the final in a manner she and her team would have wanted to. Apart from all these batters, Chinelle Henry’s late fireworks (35 off 15 not out) helped the Capitals cross the 200-run mark.

For the Bengaluru side, Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy, and Sayali Satghare emerged as the wicket-takers with a scalp each but failed to contain the Capitals side from scoring a massive total. The 203-run total from DC was the second-highest scored in a WPL playoff game in all four editions.

Highest 1st innings totals in WPL playoffs
213/4 – MI vs GG, Brabourne, 2025 ELM

203/4 – DC vs RCB, Vadodara, 2026 Final

182/4 – MI vs UPW, DY Patil, 2023 ELM

168/7 – GG vs DC, Vadodara, 2026 ELM

Earlier, both sides decided to play an unchanged XI in the final game of the women’s tournament. During the course of the WPL 2026, RCB notched up 6 wins to become the most successful team, while DC bagged four wins. While DC would be chasing their maiden title, RCB would be aiming for their second.