Smriti Mandhana hit a magnificent 96 off 61 balls as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by eight wickets in match number 11 of the WPL 2026 on Saturday, January 17 at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. RCB thus maintained their unbeaten streak in the current edition of the T20 competition, winning four out of four matches.
Bengaluru bowled first after winning the toss and restricted Delhi to 166 runs, despite Shafali Verma’s 62 off 41 balls. In the chase, Mandhana led from the front for RCB, hitting 13 fours and three sixes. She scored 142 runs for the second wicket alongside Georgia Voll (54* off 42). Mandhana was on track for a hundred, but fell four short as Lucy Hamilton made an incredible grab.
Following the RCB captain’s magnificent knock against DC in Navi Mumbai, we look at the five batsmen with the greatest individual scores in the WPL.
5. Smriti Mandhana (96 off 61) vs DC in Navi Mumbai – WPL 2026
RCB captain Smriti Mandhana is fifth on the list of high individual scores for batters in WPL. Her exhilarating 96 against DC in Navi Mumbai took 74 minutes. Bengaluru lost Grace Harris early for 1 in the chase, but Mandhana and Voll ensured it was a cakewalk for RCB.
Mandhana went after Hamilton in the second over of the chase and struck her for three fours. In the final over of the powerplay, she heaved a spell from Nandni Sharma over deep midwicket for six. Shree Charani was hit for consecutive fours in the next over. The RCB skipper raced to his half-century in 31 balls, and looked set for something bigger before Hamilton took a blinder.
4. Beth Mooney (96* off 59) vs UPW in Lucknow – WPL 2025
Beth Mooney hammered an unbeaten 96 for Gujarat Giants (GG) against UP Warriorz (UPW) rode on the performances of Beth Mooney (34-ball 62 runs), followed by Deepti Sharma and Jemiman Rodrigues who scored quickfire unbeaten 44 and 31 respectively, in a match played at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow in WPL Womens IPL T20. Opting to bat first, GG scored 186-5. Mooney, who opened the innings, hit 17 fours before falling short of a century. The Aussie received the Player of the Match as GG emerged victorious in the game by 81 runs.
Mooney was subdued until then, but she hit back-to-back fours off Deepti Sharma in the fourth over. She brought up a 37-ball half-century by hitting the off spinner for a boundary in the 12th over. He then hot out Kranti Gaud when he made a hat-trick of four. She walked into the final over on 90, but could find only one four off Sophie Ecclestone down the ground.
3. Alyssa Healy (96 off 47) vs RCB at Brabourne – WPL 2023
An Australian batter makes the top five figures. Leading UPW, Alyssa Healy hit a blazing 96* off just 47 balls against RCB at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai in the edition of 2023. Healy struck 18 fours and a six as UPW polished off the chase of 139 with all 10 wickets in hand and a whopping 42 balls to spare.
Healy smacked Shreyanka Patil for two fours in the second over. And in the final over of the powerplay, she once more went after the RCB off spinner smashing three boundaries. After making 50 off 29 balls, she marked the occasion by smacking Renuka Singh for four consecutive fours. She followed that by hammering Erin Burns over her head for a six. Healy hit the winning runs but failed to score a century.
2. Sophie Devine (99 off 36) vs GG at Brabourne – WPL 2023
New Zelanad great Sophie Devine missed out on a blinding ton by just one run playing on a match for RCB against GG at the WPL 2023, held at Mumbai Brabourne Stadium. After Bengaluru were set a target of 189, Devine voraciously scored 99 off only 36 balls with the help of nine fours and eight sixes. RCB won the WPL contest by eight wickets, with her brilliance to thank.
Devine hit overdrive early in the chase. In the second over, she launched two sixes and three fours of Ashleigh Gardner. She escalated in the seventh over with a flat six straight down the ground against the same bowler. Devine reached 50 off 20 by skipping down the track and launching Harleen Deol for six. The carnage only stopped when Ashwani Kumari took a leaping catch at mid-off to dismiss her for 96.
1. Georgia Voll (99* off 56) vs RCB Lucknow - WPL 2025
Voll has scored the highest individual score of any player in the WPL. She had hammered an unbeaten 99 off 56 balls for UPW against RCB in Lucknow in the 2025 edition. The fiery knock included 17 fours and a six as UPW defeated RCB by 12 runs. Opting for batting first, UPW were able to post 225-5 on their board and then restricted RCB to 213.
Voll hammered Renuka Singh for three consecutive fours in fourth over. She opened the following over with a slog-swept six off Charlie Dean. Two more fours came in the over. Voll brought up her 50 in 31 balls, hammering a full toss from Sneh Rana for four. Voll continued to find the ropes at regular intervals. She had required two to get to her hundred off the last ball, but was left stranded on 99* as Deepti Sharma didn’t make it back on time.
