BAN-W vs UP-W Dream11 Prediction, WPL Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For Match 2 of WPL 2024

UP Warriorz lost the eliminator match against Mumbai Indians Women last season.

By CricTracker Staff

Updated - 24 Feb 2024, 14:51 IST

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Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (BAN-W) and UP Warriorz (UP-W) will play the second match of the Women's Premier League 2024 on Saturday (February 24) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

RCB won two out of eight matches last season and finished in fourth position. The Warriorz were in the third place with four wins and losses each in eight matches. Both teams won one out of the two matches that they played last season. The Warriorz played the eliminator game against Mumbai Indians Women and lost the match by 72 runs.

Smriti Mandhana will lead RCB again this season. RCB retained a total of 11 players from last season and picked seven players in the auction. They released the likes of Dané Van Niekerk and Megan Schutt. In the mini-auction, Ekta Bisht was the most expensive player for the team and was picked for INR 60 lakh. Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, and Sophie Molineux are the three overseas players that RCB signed in the mini-auction.

The Warriorz retained a total of 13 players from last season and picked five players in the mini-auction. Vrinda Dinesh was the most expensive buy for the Warriorz and was bought for INR 1.3 crore. Dani Wyatt was the only overseas buy for the Warriorz in the mini-auction.

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Match Information

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women vs UP Warriorz , 2nd Match

Women's Premier League, 24 Feb 2024, Sat, 7:30 PM IST ,M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Broadcast

Sports18 Network

Live Stream

JioCinema

Weather Report

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Clouds

17.5°C

90% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women

L
W
W
L
L

UP Warriorz

L
L
W
W
L

Players Stats in current Series

1

Ellyse Perry

BAN-W - all

347 Runs

9 Matches

2

Smriti Mandhana

BAN-W - bat

300 Runs

10 Matches

3

Deepti Sharma

UP-W - all

295 Runs

8 Matches

4

Richa Ghosh

BAN-W - wk

257 Runs

10 Matches

5

Grace Harris

UP-W - all

188 Runs

8 Matches

6

Alyssa Healy

UP-W - wk

175 Runs

8 Matches

1

Ekta Bisht

BAN-W - bowl

240.00

2 Matches

2

Georgia Wareham

BAN-W - bowl

163.24

10 Matches

3

K P Navgire

UP-W - bat

146.67

8 Matches

4

Richa Ghosh

BAN-W - wk

141.99

10 Matches

5

Deepti Sharma

UP-W - all

136.57

8 Matches

6

Grace Harris

UP-W - all

136.23

8 Matches

1

Shreyanka Patil

BAN-W - bowl

13 Wkts

8 Matches

2

Asha Shobana

BAN-W - all

12 Wkts

10 Matches

3

Sophie Molineux

BAN-W - bowl

12 Wkts

10 Matches

4

11 Wkts

8 Matches

5

Deepti Sharma

UP-W - all

10 Wkts

8 Matches

6

Ellyse Perry

BAN-W - all

7 Wkts

9 Matches

1

6.57

8 Matches

2

Ellyse Perry

BAN-W - all

6.81

9 Matches

3

6.87

4 Matches

4

Grace Harris

UP-W - all

6.90

8 Matches

5

Asha Shobana

BAN-W - all

7.12

10 Matches

6

Deepti Sharma

UP-W - all

7.23

8 Matches

Probable Playing XI

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women

SFM Devine, S Mandhana (C), EA Perry, DD Kasat, Richa Ghosh (wk), G Wareham, KL Cross, Shreyanka Patil, Simran Bahadur, E Bisht, Renuka Singh

Bench : Indrani Roy, S Meghana, Kanika Ahuja, S Asha, N de Klerk, S Molineux, S Sateesh, S Shubha, Shradda Pokharkar

UP Warriorz

Alyssa Healy (C), Shweta Sehrawat, TM McGrath, DB Sharma, GM Harris, K P Navgire, Vrinda Dinesh, S Ecclestone, K Anjali Sarwani, Parshavi Chopra, RS Gayakwad

Bench : Laxmi Yadav, DN Wyatt, C Atapattu, Poonam Nanasaheb Khemnar, G Sultana, Saima Thakor, Yashasri

Injury and availability news

Heather Knight has withdrawn from this tournament and has been replaced by Nadine de Klerk. Kanika Ahuja has been sidelined with an injury and left-arm pacer Shraddha Pokharkar has replaced Ahuja in RCB’s squad. Chamari Athapaththu has replaced Lauren Bell in the Warriorz’s squad.

Pitch Report

The surface at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru might provide excellent support to the bowlers in this match. The average first innings score in the last five T20 matches has been 85 runs. The teams bowling first have won four out of the last five matches here and the team winning the toss might look to bowl.

24%

Pace Bowling

75%

Spin Bowling

15%

Batting Pitch

85

Average Score

85%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

9
C

Sophie Ecclestone UP-W | BOWL

Ecclestone was the leading wicket-taker for the UP Warriorz last season and took 16 wickets in nine matches at an average of 14.68. With the bat, Ecclestone scored 70 runs at a strike rate of 120.68.

9
C

Sophie Devine BAN-W | ALL

Devine was the leading run-scorer for the Royal Challengers Bangalore last season and scored 266 runs in eight matches at an average of 33.25 and a strike rate of 172.72.

5.5

Shreyanka Patil BAN-W | BOWL

Shreyanka was the leading wicket-taker for the Royal Challengers Bangalore last season and took six wickets in seven matches at an average of 32.

9

Smriti Mandhana BAN-W | BAT

The skipper of the Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 149 runs in eight matches last season at an average of 18.62 and a strike rate of 111.19.

8.5

Deepti Sharma UP-W | ALL

Deepti was the second-highest wicket-taker for the UP Warriorz and took nine wickets in nine matches at an average of 34.33. With the bat, Deepti made 90 runs at an average of 12.85.

7

Georgia Wareham BAN-W | BOWL

Wareham played for the Gujarat Giants last season and featured in just two matches. She scored 30 runs and took one wicket.

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5.5

Disha Kasat

BAN-W | BAT

She scored just 11 runs in six matches last season and can be avoided for this match.

8

Simran Bahadur

BAN-W | ALL

She could take only five wickets in four matches in the Senior Women's T20 Trophy and can be left out of fantasy teams.

Last Updated On - Feb 24 2024 2:51 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

BAN-W

8 : 3

UP-W

Credits Left
10.5/100

Head To Head
Richa Ghosh

7.5

Alyssa Healy

8.5

Smriti Mandhana

9

Sophie Devine

9

Ellyse Perry

9

Deepti Sharma

8.5

Shreyanka Patil
VC

5.5

Renuka Singh

8.5

Georgia Wareham

7

Ekta Bisht

8

Sophie Ecclestone
C

9

Players
11/11

Team 1

BAN-W

7 : 4

UP-W

Credits Left
9.5/100

Mega League
Alyssa Healy

8.5

Smriti Mandhana
VC

9

Grace Harris

8.5

Sophie Devine
C

9

Ellyse Perry

9

Deepti Sharma

8.5

Shreyanka Patil

5.5

Georgia Wareham

7

Kate Cross

8.5

Ekta Bisht

8

Sophie Ecclestone

9

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