Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) clinched their first-ever Women’s Premier League title after defeating the formidable Delhi Capitals (DC) side by eight wickets in the final of the prestigious tournament at Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Sunday. The Smriti Mandhana-led side received praise and congratulations from many other cricketers for their exceptional effort in the second season of the WPL.
Businessman and former Men’s Royal Challengers Bangalore team owner Vijay Mallya, India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, former men's team captain Virat Kohli and former swashbuckling India opener Virender Sehwag led scores of Royal Challengers Bangalore fans in congratulating the RCB women's team for winning the maiden title for the franchise.
The ridicule around the long-used phrase of 'Ee Sala Cup Namde' (This year the cup is ours) came to an end with women’ RCB team clinching their first-ever WPL title as the far-fetched dream finally became a reality for the franchise, becoming just the second winners in the history of the competition.
Mallya took to X, formerly known as X, and wrote, “Heartiest congratulations to the RCB Women’s Team for winning the WPL. It would be a fantastic double if the RCB Men’s Team won the IPL which is long overdue. Good Luck.”
Former RCB skipper, Virat Kohli, who interacted with with whole women’s team led by Mandhana over a video call, termed them as "Superwomen" as did Chahal while thousands of franchise fans took to social media to hail the players for their performance.