Following the trend to field first at the Kotambi Stadium, Renuka Singh Thakur backed captain Smriti’s decision by getting the better of Shafali Verma in the first over itself. With an early wicket down, Jemimah Rodrigues and Meg Lanning tried to negate the new ball threat on a two-paced wicket. Just when the run rate seemed to go down at the cue end of the powerplay, Rodrigues switched gears leaving her best friend in the opposition side whimsical.
Following a wide and a four off the second ball of the sixth over, Rodrigues rocked back and pulled a back of a length ball outside the stumps over the deep square leg region for a six. She came into a good position behind the line of the ball to sail the white rock over the boundary ropes. Seeing her best friend turn switch into an aggressor, Smriti was left with a quirky expression with the tongue out and a sideways nod, sparking the Twitterverse into a frenzy.
Smriti’s reaction !!
— ashik (@ashik1587212) February 17, 2025
Ekta’s Spell Turns Around!
From 0-23(2) To 2-34(3.3)
What a Turnaround of a Spell for Ekta.— RCB Xtra (@Xtra_vids) February 17, 2025
HaHaHa!!
Dear algorithm, connect me with people who hate RCB
— Ankit Lathiya (@ankit9_lathiya) February 17, 2025
DC Struggles!
WICKET! Another huge blow to Delhi Capitals.
Marizanne Kapp is out for 12. Ekta Bisht gets her 2nd wicket.
DC (106 for 6 in 13.3 ov) vs RCB.#WPL2025
Live Updates: https://t.co/eZye9ADozS— India Today Sports (@ITGDsports) February 17, 2025
Renuka strikes! Sutherland gone! ⚡
🚨 WICKET! 🚨
Renuka Singh Thakur strikes again! ⚡ Annabel Sutherland departs, caught by Smriti Mandhana! 🎯 RCB on top! 💪🏏
📸 Credit: BCCI & JioStar#WPL2025 #DCvsRCB #RenukaSinghThakur— Mr India King 🤴 (@MrIndiaKing) February 17, 2025
DC and choking, inseparable
It’s in the blood of DC , they rarely plays a game without choking #WPL2025
— Gravity (@orthodoxtalks) February 17, 2025
Huge Wicket!!
Shafali Verma gone for Duck#WPL2025pic.twitter.com/X0TSCpEKjR
— Don Cricket 🏏 (@doncricket_) February 17, 2025
DC collapse after timeout!
– Between the two Timeouts (7 to 14 overs), the Delhi Capitals scored 51 runs in 8 overs (RR: 6.37) and lost 5 wickets.#WPL2025 #GGvUPW
— Shashikant Singh (@shashi_CB) February 17, 2025
delhi bottled it!!
Delhi gave away the match with horrible shot selection.#RCBvDC #WPL2025
— Cricket Setu (@CricketSetu) February 17, 2025
