Smriti mandhana and virat kohli photo

India's vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was bagged by RCB for a record fee of Rs 3.4 crore at the WPL Auction 2023 on Monday, February 13, and she could not control her excitement over it. Mandhana was caught on camera celebrating the contract with the Royal Challengers Bangalore with other Team India members. The Indian team is currently in South Africa, taking part in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023. Only yesterday, they beat Pakistan by 7 wickets and a day later, they are winning in Mumbai too. RCB welcomed the star batter with an exceptional tweet. They shared a photo from yesteryear when Mandhana had met RCB's men's team batter Virat Kohli. After getting picked, Mandhana tweeted to send a message to RCB fans: 'Namaskara Bengaluru'. In a conversation with Jio Cinema, Mandhana showed her happiness over joining the RCB franchise. Also Read | 'Namaskara Bengaluru', Smriti Mandhana's First Message to RCB Fans after Being Bought for a Record Price at WPL Auction 2023 In the photo, one can see, Mandhana shaking hands with Kohli with a big smile on her face. No wonder she always wanted to be part of the RCB family. The tweet has instantly got viral as RCB fans too cannot hold their excitement. RCB captioned the photo: "#18 meets #18" with a emoji reflecting the message. Take a look at Mandhana and Kohli's viral pic below: #18 _ #18 Mandhana is among the most dangerous batters in the world, who opens for Team India. She is also the captain of the Indian women's cricket team.In...

Smriti Mandhana has been a poster girl for the Indian women’s team for the last three years or so. The southpaw has arguably been their standout batswoman, having notched over 3,800 runs with four centuries and 30 half-centuries. Though she had a rough time in the T20 World Cup earlier this year, she is expected to take down plenty of records for the Women in Blue. The 23-year-old is a spring chicken on the field and she draws motivation from Virat Kohli, the Indian men’s skipper. The Mumbai-born recently reminisced some moments where the 31-year-old Virat motivated her. She told how Kohli inspired her to go for gym sessions regularly and inspire a generation of women to take up the sport in the country. Smriti Mandhana opines “He told me that your team (women’s team) can do something in India which men’s team cannot do, that is to change the culture for women in India,” Mandhana was quoted as saying on a podcast ‘The Doosra’. “Whenever you feel like missing a gym session, just think that you can actually inspire a generation of women in India to take up sports not only cricket,” she added. Mandhana doesn’t have any cricket to play for the time being due to the massive coronavirus outbreak. However, she has managed to stay connected to the fans. She is currently busy hosting a talk show named ‘Double Trouble’ along with national teammate Jemimah Rodrigues. In the show, she has also interacted with the likes of Sania Mirza, Rohit Sharma, PV Sindhu and Yuzvendra Chahal. Ever...

The inaugural season of the Women's Premier League is nearing its climactic end. While as many as three teams have qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament, the other two teams were eliminated from the league stage itself. It was a forgettable outing for the Smriti Mandhana-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) this season. Her side finished fourth in the fifth placed table, managing just two wins in eight matches. Even in their last league match against the Mumbai Indians, Bangalore ended with a defeat. However, one incident that will remain with the fans forever will be witnessing Mandhana rolling her arms over. While the southpaw is only known for her batting prowess as an opener, she decided to bowl in the match against Mumbai Indians and fans were reminded of the bowling action of the men's cricket team star Virat Kohli. A video of Kohli, former captain of the men's team of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, bowling and the similarity between his and Mandhana's bowling action has surfaced on social media. Check out the video here: Smriti Mandhana and Virat kohli bowling action !!🤯 While Bangalore made 125/9 in their 20 overs with Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh top-scoring with 29 runs each, Mumbai chased down the total with 21 balls remaining riding on Amelia Kerr's unbeaten 31 after her 3 for 22 with the ball. Post the match, Mandhana said that she wouldn't say that they don't have a good team despite a poor season. "Won't say we don't have a great team because...

RCB, despite not winning an IPL in 15 seasons, have the most loyal fanbase among all franchises. The fans passionately support their favourite team and its star players like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and Chris Gayle. Kohli, who captained RCB for nine years, may not have won the title, but he is the highest run-getter in IPL history and has played for just one franchise in 16 seasons, making the bond between him and the team unbreakable. Only Mr. Nags can ask him this directly _ When RCB ventured into having a Women's Premier League (WPL) team, they benefited from having star players like Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Richa Ghosh, and Renuka Singh Thakur. The support for RCB was second only to Mumbai Indians, as all matches were played in Mumbai. Mandhana, the captain of RCB's WPL team, was asked about comparisons with Kohli, but she was modest and respectful towards him. Despite having some of the biggest names in the team, RCB has not won a title yet, and the side won just two games in the last WPL tournament, finishing fourth in a five-team tournament. The fans were quick to draw parallels between the WPL and IPL teams of RCB, as both teams have failed to deliver when it matters the most. RCB Insider Mr Nags took a dig at Kohli about Mandhana's statement, and the video of the incident went viral on the internet. Kohli laughed and responded to the pressure of playing for a big franchise like RCB, with the expectation of winning the title. RCB started the...

Seems like jersey no 18 has the same bowling action.. what say Mumbai Indians registered a four-wicket victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League, riding on Chasing a modest 126 to win here at the DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai Indians stuttered post a fiery start and also failed to knock off the target in 11.3 overs – a condition that would have helped them improve net run rate over Delhi Capitals. Mumbai Indians eventually finished at 129 for 6 in 16.3 overs. RCB, however, signed off from the competition with their sixth loss in eight league matches. All-rounder Kerr was at top of her game with figures of 4-0-22-3 and an unbeaten 31 from 27 balls (4x4s) to take Mumbai Indians over the line. Kerr added 47 runs for the fifth wicket with

India on Sunday rode Smriti Mandhana's splendid half-century to outwit Pakistan in a rain-curtailed women's Group A match of the 22nd Commonwealth Games 2022 Live Day 3 Virat Kohli, Smriti Mandhana and Rohit Sharma(AP | Reuters) It was the second time this year that an Indo-Pak contest failed to produce a close game. India had won comfortably versus arch-rivals Pakistan in the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand. But Mandhana, with her seemingly effortless batting, accomplished a huge batting feat in the 20-over format. Mandhana is now the third Indian player after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to have 1000-plus T20I runs while chasing. While Mandhana is in the third spot with 1059 runs, Kohli and Rohit have gathered 1789 and 1375 runs, respectively. At Edgbaston, Pakistan bowlers had no answers for the Mandhana-Shafali pair, which only dealt in boundaries. The openers brought up their 50-run stand in just 29 balls. Hassan gave Pakistan the breakthrough they wanted, dismissing Verma for 16 off 9 balls after she was caught by Muneeba Ali in her attempt to cut the ball. The duo of Sabbhineni Meghana and Mandhana then kept going before the former was dismissed for 14 off six balls by Omaima Sohail. Jemimah Rodrigues was next up on the crease. India won the match, finishing with 102/2 in 11.4 overs with Mandhana (63 not out) and Rodrigues (unbeaten 2) in the middle. Earlier, Sneh Rana's fiery spell and tight bowling performance bowled out Pakistan for just 99 in 18 overs of the ra...

Mandhana-led RCB didn't make a memorable start to their WPL journey as they lost their debut game by a big margin of 60 runs. Opting to bowl first, RCB failed to get early wickets and the opening pair of Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning put on a total of 162 on the board. Delhi Capitals finished at 223 in their 20 overs.

Team Well, a stunning picture of Smriti Mandhana from the only Test match against England has gone crazily viral on social media, where the cricketer can be seen tying her hair. The picture has left her fans in awe of her gorgeous looks. Social media has been flooded with amazing reactions to the stunning picture of the cricketer and are even calling her the new ‘national crush’. Here, check out the reactions of the fans on the viral picture of Smriti Mandhana: Bollywood actresses with all those makeup and fancy dresses can sit down. Queen is here ? — डी.के. (@itsdhruvism) Smriti Mandana ????? — JR NTR – ViratKohli (@Vinodbaadshah18) Better than that overrated perry — Amy (@Middlclssmowgli) Woman doesn’t need to be looking fair and Beautiful to be Queen , Every woman is queen — Mr. Perfect (@Karimshaikh2691) For a moment I thought it’s — Gentle Giant (@iKunaal) However, the tweets praising her beauty also invited criticism as many people felt that not appreciating her for her game and instead objectifying her on the basis of her looks and beauty standard is not the right thing. Here, check out the tweets: Sorry for bringing this to your TL, but wanted to point out this is how women are always reduced to their looks — irrespective of how good they are. I mean, Smriti Mandhana could wear a potato sack or a face full of makeup, if she wanted to. She’d still be an incredible cricketer — Maanvi (@Maanvi2501) It is not necessary to demean others to praise someone. — ? (@seriousc...

Smriti Mandhana’s RCB had a disappointing inaugural season of the WPL as they failed to reach the playoffs. However, the RCB skipper surprised fans in the final group stage match against Mumbai Indians, where she rolled her arms over. This was the first time that Mandhana had bowled in the tournament. The video of her action went viral on social media, and several fans and even her India teammate Harleen Deol compared her action to Seems like jersey no 18 has the same bowling action.. what say — Harleen Kaur Deol (@imharleenDeol) Smriti Mandhana and Virat kohli bowling action !!🤯 — Vikas Dadhich (@Vikasdadhich01) Meanwhile, Chasing a modest 126-run target, Mumbai lost wickets early before all-rounder Amelia Kerr stepped. Her knock of 31 off 27 deliveries ensured Mumbai did not suffer any more hiccups and claimed a much-deserved victory. Earlier, a three-wicket haul by Amelia Kerr helped Mumbai Indians restrict Royal Challengers Bangalore to 125/9 in 20 overs. Asked to bat first, RCB lost wickets in a quick succession. Later, Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh smashed 29 runs each but departed after a brief innings. Apart from Kerr, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Issy Wong scalped two wickets each while Saika Ishaque took one.