RCB W vs GG W 1st WPL Match Prediction 2025: Match Preview, Pitch Report and Who will win Today’s WPL Match?

RCB W vs GG W Match Preview

The new season of the Women’s Premier League will begin with a clash between champions RCB and the wooden spoon, GG. Being the first game of the tournament, both teams will be looking to start their season on a positive note with a win. RCB W vs GG W match prediction though will depend on the form of some key players. Both teams are filled with players who can win matches on their own when they look in good touch. 

RCB Women would want to put behind the injury scare and start the tournament on a fresh note. Gujarat Giants on the other hand would want to change their WPL fortunes in 2025. They finished last in both previous seasons and have the worst win-loss record in the tournament’s history.

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RCB W vs GG W Recent Form

Both RCB Women and GG Women have contrasting recent forms. The defending champions have won three of their last five games while GG has only won two in their last five matches. However, with the last matches coming in the previous year, both teams would not look too much into the results from the last five games.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women’s recent form

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Women’s team would clearly be the happy side of the two teams when looking at the recent form of both teams. RCB Women have won all of their previous three games including the Eliminator and Final in WPL 2024. The Smriti Mandhana-led side became the champions in the previous season. They would attempt to defend their title even after missing out on overseas players like Devine, Molineux, and Cross.

Gujarat Giants Women’s recent form

GG Women’s team after finishing at the bottom place in the last two seasons would like to improve on their form in the third season. In their last five games, GG has lost three games. The Adani Sportsline-owned outfit would like to believe that a change in their leadership role and new captain, Ashleigh Gardner will change the fortunes of the team.

RCB W vs GG W Head to Head Records in WPL

The head-to-head record between the two teams will affect the RCB W vs GG W match prediction. However, their record against each other is even-steven. In four games they have played against each other, both teams have recorded two wins each. In WPL 2023, GG W defeated RCB W when the two teams clashed for the first time. RCB Women took the upper hand in their next two fixtures. In their last meeting in WPL 2024, Gujarat Giants defeated the eventual champions to tie the head-to-head record.

Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara Pitch Report

The Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara has not hosted a single T20 game. However, the stadium hosted three Women's ODI games between India and the West Indies in 2024.

The RCB W vs GG W match prediction would be highly affected by how the pitch behaves at the Kotambi Stadium. In the three WODIs played at the venue, the pitch has provided a great balance between bat and ball. The record for most runs, most wickets, highest batting strike rate, and best bowling economy in these three games are held by players who will be playing in the RCB W vs GG W clash on the 14th of February.

RCB W vs GG W Session Score Based on Scenario

The RCB W vs GG W match prediction will be based on multiple scenarios that will be affected by the toss. In a T20 game, the margin of error is pretty low and even a fifty-fifty decision at the toss could have a high impact on the result of the game. 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women win the toss

If Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women wins the toss they will be expected to bat first at the Kotambi Stadium. 

• Powerplay (0-6): Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women score 35-40 runs

• Total score: 140-155

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women wins the match

Gujarat Giants win the toss

If Gujarat Giants wins the toss they will be expected to bat first in the 1st game in WPL.

• Powerplay (0-6): Gujarat Giants score 40-45 runs

• Total score: 150-165

• Gujarat Giants wins the match

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RCB W vs GG W Predicted Playing11

As is the case with any other cricket match the playing 11 affects the match prediction the most. The season opener of the WPL 2025 will feature some great players who have shone in international cricket. There will be some exciting players as well including the 17-year-old, Shabnam Shakil for Gujarat Giants.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women Playing 11

Smriti Mandhana (C), Dani Wyatt, Ellyse Perry, Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Charlie Dean, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Singh

Gujarat Giants Women Playing 11

Beth Mooney (wk), Laura Wolvaardt, Deandra Dottin, Harleen Deol, Simran Shaikh, Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashleigh Gardner (C), Kashvee Gautham, Meghna Singh, Shabnam Shakil, Priya Mishra

RCB W vs GG W Key Performers

The result of RCB W vs GG W match prediction would be affected by how some of the key players perform in the game. These important players often hold the key to winning games for their teams. In the season opener of the third season of WPL, the two teams will feature great players including international stars and young rising players.

Best batter: Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana is currently in between a purple patch. The Indian opening batter is on a great run of form particularly in 2025. Since the start of the year, she has played three ODIs and has scored 249 runs. What makes her achievement of scoring these many runs even more impressive is that she has maintained a strike rate of more than 150. Such a strike rate even in T20 would put her among the top players, to do so in ODIs just speaks of the levels of her game. In 2024, Mandhana scored 763 runs in 21 T20I innings, which is the most by any women batter in a calendar year.

Best bowler: Georgia Wareham

Georgia Wareham like most the Australian players enjoyed a huge amount of success in the recently concluded multi-format women’s Ashes series. In three T20Is in the year, Wareham picked up six wickets and maintained an economy of only 5.7 runs per over. Even in the solitary One-Day match she played this year, the Australian spinner took two wickets and had an economy of less than 5.5 runs per over. She is a bowler who can exert great pressure which could allow other bowlers to take wickets from the opposite end.

RCB W vs GG W Today Match Prediction

The RCB W vs GG W match prediction is that the team batting first will win the match.

It is expected that the team winning the toss would elect to bat first as a big total on the board could be beneficial while defending in the second innings. Both teams are equipped with great batters including the likes of Smriti Mandhana, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, and Laura Wolvaardt among others.