RCB head coach Malolan Rangarajan revealed that captain Smriti Mandhana played the WPL 2026 final against DC with a "massive" flu. He said, "She was seriously unwell with a high fever but again, to turn up and not even show it...That's the person Smriti is." Mandhana scored 87(41) as RCB chased down 204-run target to win the final.