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Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women vs UP Warriorz Head To Head Records: Royal Challengers Bengaluru will look to build on the momentum as and when they take on a star-studded UP Warriorz in the WPL here at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

The 2024 WPL winners pulled off an incredible three-wicket win against the defending champions Mumbai Indians, just on Friday, with South African stalwart Nadine de Klerk basking in the glory of a fine all-round showing, sealing the victory with the winning runs off the last ball of the innings.

UP Warriorz lost against a rejuvenated Gujarat Giants in their previous match; however, the Meg Lanning-led side went down fighting till the last over.

As far as the head-to-head record is concerned, both teams have secured three wins against one another in the past.

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RCB-W Wins Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bowl first against UP Warriorz.

Smriti Mandhana at the toss: "We would like to field first today. We have seen dew come in the later half of the game, we also won the previous game by chasing. DY Patil has been a big chasing ground, any total is not good enough, even yesterday Delhi nearly got there, it’s always good to know what you’re working towards on a ground like this. Nadine really got us through in bowling and batting, in a tournament like this, different players will stand up in different games, it is about contributions and we all want to contribute especially as a top order. One change - Gautami comes in for Prema."

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (Playing XI): Grace Harris, Smriti Mandhana(c), Dayalan Hemalatha, Gautami Naik, Richa Ghosh(w), Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell

Meg Lanning at the toss: "We would have chased as well. You have to bat really well here. Hopefully we can get off to a good start and give ourselves a chance. We chased well and kept ourselves in the game, and we also created a lot of chances with the ball - we just didn’t take them. Against good sides, that makes a difference, but there’s still a lot to take confidence from. We’ve had a good week together leading into the first game, but the first match is always a bit chaotic with a new group. Now that it’s out of the way, hopefully we can keep improving and get a win tonight. Same side."

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UP Warriorz Women (Playing XI): Kiran Navgire, Meg Lanning(c), Phoebe Litchfield, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Shweta Sehrawat(w), Deandra Dottin, Sophie Ecclestone, Asha Sobhana, Shikha Pandey, Kranti Gaud


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