Twitter reacts to Smriti storm and rollicking Renuka rekindle final flashbacks for Capitals

Eyeing to field first and capitalize on the dew factor, Renuka Singh Thakur backed Smriti Mandhana’s decision to field first with a wicket on the second ball of the innings. Following  Shafali Verma’s premature departure, Meg Lanning and Jemimah Rodrigues added 59 runs together before the Indian batter fell to Georgia Wareham following a 55-run powerplay. The skipper of the team followed suit in the next over before Annabel Sutherland and Jess Jonassen went back to the hut in a space of five balls. With 95/5 in twelve overs, a 29-ball boundary drought followed after a four in the 13th over before Renuka and Wareham’s three-fers curbed them to 141 runs in 20 overs.

In reply, the defending champions got off to a booming start, courtesy of Smriti Mandhana’s elegant strokes. Initially, Danny Wyatt-Hodge played second fiddle to her skipper before a couple of fours against Shikha Pandey in the fourth over. The pair ensured to beat their counterpart’s powerplay score (51) by extracting 57 runs in this phase. The introduction of spin made no difference as the pair orchestrated 31 runs in the next three overs with Mandhana racing to a 27-ball 50. A 14-run over followed suit as RCB reached 101/0 in ten overs. Subsequently, the English batter holed out at sweeper cover before a couple of missed chances made way for Smriti Mandhana’s wicket with nine required off 29 balls. It was just a matter of time before Richa Ghosh pummelled a four and six to steer the defending champions home with 22 balls remaining.

Win

Hahahaha 😂😂😂 https://t.co/c4iGQwpphh pic.twitter.com/oSd4WR1isz

— RCB Xtra (@Xtra_vids) February 17, 2025

Where are they?

Where are those who were questioning Smriti Mandhana’s contribution for RCB? pic.twitter.com/YCQHEVOZ87

— Pari (@BluntIndianGal) February 17, 2025

Goals

IPL teams goals in 2025
Csk – 6th Trophy
MI – 6th Trophy
KKR – 4th Trophy
Srh – 2nd trophy
RCB – we will defeat csk daw pic.twitter.com/mzx0sidpNE

— 𝙼𝚛.𝚅𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊 (@Shivayaaah) February 17, 2025

Won it

RCB won back to back matches.
Let’s celebrate 🥳 #wpl2025 #rcbvdc pic.twitter.com/LlY4vnak23

— 👑Che_ಕೃಷ್ಣ🇮🇳💛❤️ (@ChekrishnaCk) February 17, 2025

Dropped it

RCB fans drop a “❤️” for our queens and skipper Smriti Mandhana pic.twitter.com/lgwf46Vhj3

— Pari (@BluntIndianGal) February 17, 2025

Superb

2 wins in 2 matches for RCB !!!
Bowling & Batting looks good !
What a start!!#WPL #WPL2025 pic.twitter.com/VlWLZv6hJ3

— Rohit Baliyan (@rohit_balyan) February 17, 2025

Beauty

OH MY BEAUTIFUL TEAM RCB😭❤❤

— h.🌙 (@moonchilddxz) February 17, 2025

Impressive

An impressive innings comes to an end 👌👌#RCB Captain departs for 81(47) with 2 points in sight. #TATAWPL | #DCvRCB | @RCBTweets | @mandhana_smriti pic.twitter.com/7sQsnJh7K3

— Harkishan Mahedele (@mahedele20181) February 17, 2025

Fantastic

Winner Winner rcb is Winner #WPL2025 pic.twitter.com/W9C4tWJyjp

— ‘ (@ImRooHiT45) February 17, 2025

Congrats

Congratulations #RCB on your second win in the #WPL2025 Match against Delhi Capitals 🎉🥳👏
Top performance from everybody involved 👏

— Keshab Chandra (@Analyzer_Keshab) February 17, 2025