The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 is now approaching the business end of the tournament. Things are starting to settle down with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the champions from 2024, being the clear contenders to finish at the top and make it to the final straightaway. But what about the rest of the four teams?
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WPL 2026 Full Points Table
RCB Women are at the top of the WPL points table with five wins from their six games. They are likely to finish at the top if they don’t lose both of their remaining two matches. Among the remaining four teams, as of January 24th, 2026, Gujarat Giants (GG) and Delhi Capitals (DC) have six points, while the remaining two also have an equal number of points (4), which has made the race uniquely exciting.
| Teams | Matches | Win | Loss | Points | NRR |
| RCB | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | +1.236 |
| Delhi Capitals | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -0.169 |
| Gujarat Giants | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -0.344 |
| Mumbai Indians | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +0.046 |
| UP Warriorz | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -0.769 |
WPL 2026 Playoff Qualification Scenarios: All Teams
RCB Playoff Qualification Scenario
Best-case scenario: Win at least one game. The easiest path to the playoffs has been laid out for the Red and Gold Brigade from Bengaluru. All that the Smriti Mandhana-led side needs to do is win one of their last two remaining games. They would move to 12 points and head straight to the playoffs. No other team in the league can now get to 12 points; therefore, RCB will easily finish at the top and head straight into the final.
Worst-case scenario: Win zero games out of all remaining. If RCB lose all their matches, even then they would make it to the playoffs based on their current points tally.
Mumbai Indians (MI) Playoff Qualification Scenario
Best-case scenario: Win all their games, get to eight points, and hope RCB don’t lose to anyone else except them. If that happens, MI will beat RCB and Gujarat Giants (GG).
In this scenario, UP Warriorz will be effectively knocked out. Since the precondition is that RCB beats everyone else, UP Warriorz will lose their match against RCB. Even if UP wins their other game against Delhi, they will finish with a maximum of six points, falling behind MI’s eight.
Similarly, the Delhi Capitals have a match against the RCB, which they must lose in this scenario. DC could also end up with eight points (if they beat GG and UPW), but if MI has a better Net Run Rate—which they currently do—they will finish in the top three above DC.
Worst-case scenario: Win all their games. Even in the worst-case scenario, MI would have to at least win their own games to move forward. Losing even one of them would lead to them crashing out of the playoff race.
Gujarat Giants Playoff Qualification Scenario
Best-case scenario: Win the remaining two games and hope RCB lose all their remaining games. The Giants have three wins from their six games. With six points, they are in the second spot, and all they would need is to win their remaining two games against Delhi and Mumbai. They will finish with 10 points and might as well make it straight to the final if RCB lose all their remaining games.
Both teams would have 10 points, but GG’s net run rate would likely be better than RCB’s, given that they would be coming off three wins and RCB would have lost three in a row.
Worst-case scenario: Win one but hope that DC and UP Warriorz win only one of their last three games and Mumbai wins only one of their last two matches.
UP Warriorz Playoff Qualification Scenario
Best-case scenario: Win both their games and hope Gujarat Giants, Delhi Capitals, and MI don’t win more than one game. If that happens—the chances of which are high as Delhi and Mumbai play RCB while Giants play Capitals and MI—these teams might end up having only one win.
Worst-case scenario: Lose one game and hope DC and MI lose both of theirs. Even if UP lose one, they will end up at six points. Then, they would have to hope that Delhi and Mumbai lose all their games. But is this possible? Yes, it is very much possible.
Mumbai’s last two matches are against the Giants and RCB. UP would not affect their placing as the third-best team even if the Giants and RCB win. Similarly, DC have their last three games against RCB, Giants, and UP. Therefore, UP would love to see their neighbours go down in all three of their remaining encounters.
Delhi Capitals Playoff Qualification Scenario
Best-case scenario: Win their remaining two games. If the Capitals manage to win their remaining two games, which are against the Giants and Warriorz, they will end up with 10 points and easily finish as one of the top three sides.
Worst-case scenario: Win two matches, let one of them be against UP, and hope Mumbai lose one of their games. It would be best if MI lose to RCB and win against GG. In this scenario, too, the math is simple. If Delhi beat UP, then UP’s chances of going through are over.
If Mumbai lose to RCB and beat Giants, then Mumbai will end up at six points, and the Giants wouldn’t be able to get more than eight points. And if Delhi win two, assuming that even if they lose to the Giants, they will end up with the same number of points as the Giants, and the two would go through, leaving MI and UP behind.