Radha is no stranger to No. 5, and Mandhana knew it all along
Radha is no stranger to No. 5, and Mandhana knew it all along She has typically been used lower down the order, but Radha Yadav showed on Friday that she has the skills to bat up the order and even win a match for RCB from that position When Radha Yadav walked out to bat at No. 5 against Mumbai Indians (MI) in the opening match of WPL 2026 , one got the sense that it was because Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) were light on batting. Their Nos. 6, 7 and 8 were Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy and Shreyanka Patil, and they had as many as nine bowling options, part-timers included, on the night. The feeling that it was a longish tail only grew when Radha was bowled through the gate by an Amelia Kerr googly for 1 off 2. The feeling grew when RCB added an extra batter in Gautami Naik in the following game in place of a bowling allrounder. RCB did not need the middle order in that game, but the next time they needed a No. 5 batter...