2024 champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will have no home games in WPL 2026. Following the stampede after the men’s team won IPL 2025, the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru will host no matches in WPL 2026. Instead, Smriti Mandhana and co. will play their first four matches in Navi Mumbai followed by the remaining four game in Gujarat’s Vadodara. The league will run from January 9 to February 5 across Navi Mumbai and Vadodara, marking a switch from its usual February-March window.

RCB schedule for WPL 2026

RCB will take on defending champions Mumbai Indians in their WPL 2026 opener on January 9 in Navi Mumbai. They will then take on UPW, GG and DC in their first round matches at the same venue. Smriti Mandhana and co. will play their remainder of the 4 league stage matches of WPL 2026 in Vadodara.

RCB Women retained four players ahead of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 mega auction, ensuring that their core remains intact. Their retentions include captain Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry and Shreyanka Patil. 

RCB full squad for WPL 2026

Smriti Mandhana (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Ellyse Perry✈️, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Voll✈️, Nadine de Klerk✈️, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell✈️, Linsey Smith✈️, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Grace Harris✈️, Gautami Naik, Prathyoosha Kumar (wk)