Richa Ghosh reminded MS Dhoni, stopped the ball by defending for Smriti Mandhana; watch video

By Samira Vishwas On Jan 14, 2026

Smriti Mandhana (Smriti Mandhana) Royal Challengers Bangalore under the captaincy of (Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women) The team of Women’s Premier League 2026 last Monday, January 12 (WPL 2026) Meg Lanning in the fifth match of (Meg Lanning) UP Warriors under the captaincy of (UP Warriors Women) The team achieved the target of 144 runs in 12.1 overs and defeated it by 9 wickets. It is noteworthy that in the meantime a heart touching scene was also seen whose video is going viral on social media.

Richa Ghosh reminded MS Dhoni: This incident was seen on the last ball of the 12th over of RCB’s innings. Fast bowler Shikha Pandey had come to bowl this over for UP Warriors, on whose sixth ball Richa Ghosh could have easily finished the game by hitting a four. However, here Richa had an idea that Smriti Mandhana needed only three runs for her half-century, so she decided to stop the ball by defending it.

Let us tell you that seeing this heart-touching gesture of Richa, cricket fans have been reminded of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who had done a similar gesture for Virat Kohli in the semi-final match against South Africa in the 2014 T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that in this match, Virat had written the story of India’s victory and scored unbeaten 72 runs on 44 balls. Seeing his struggle, Dhoni showed respect and gave him a chance to finish the match.

Smriti’s half century not completed: The RCB captain was just three runs away from her half-century against UP Warriors and she had every chance to score it, but here Smriti was cheated by luck that Deepti’s very first ball dodged both her and the wicketkeeper and went straight outside the boundary and the match ended with this leg bye four. Overall Smriti remained unbeaten after scoring 47 runs on 32 balls.

Status of points table: After the first five matches of WPL 2026, at present only the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore is present at the top of the points table. He has achieved this position by winning both his first matches. If we talk about UP Warriors team, they are at the bottom fifth position after losing both their initial matches. Apart from them, Gujarat Giants team is at second position, Mumbai Indians team is at third position and Delhi Capitals team is at third position.