Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 was an exclusive for Royal Challengers Bangalore as a franchise. RCB, as a franchise, has not yet won the Indian Premier League.
However, its women’s team created history by winning the Women’s Premier League 2024 under the leadership of Smriti Mandhana. This victory will undoubtedly boost the confidence of the men’s team as well. Virat Kohli can be seen on video call celebrating RCB’s win in the final after defeating Delhi Capitals.
Virat Kohli has been present in RCB since the start of IPL in 2008. His happiness was visible. She and other members of the RCB men’s team can be seen giving their ‘guard of honour’ to their women counterparts at the RCB Unbox event on Tuesday.
After her team’s Women’s Premier League title win, RCB captain Smriti Mandhana feels it is unfair for people to underestimate Virat Kohli’s achievements for the Bengaluru franchise in recent times.
Mandhana-led RCB, in just their second year, defeated Delhi Capitals to lift the WPL trophy, while their male counterparts, led by the charismatic Kohli for almost a decade before he stepped down, have eluded success in 16 years of the IPL Was.
Titles are just things but what has Kohli achieved in India
“What he (Kohli) has achieved for India is remarkable. So, I don’t care where my career is,titles are just one thing, what else he has already achieved,” Mandhana told the media on Tuesday. is correct in this comparison context.” ,
“He has been an inspirational person, What he has achieved is great, I don’t like comparisons because A title doesn’t define a lot of things; he is respected by all of us and I think Virat There has to be a fair amount of respect up there. So, it’s no different from me too,” the India vice-captain said.
Both Mandhana and Kohli wear the number 18 jersey and it is unfair to make comparisons between the two on the basis of this, said the left-handed batsman.
“Comparison of 18 I wouldn’t call it. Just like having an individual jersey number; and I have 18 on my back., my date of birth is 18, but that doesn’t define (how) I play my cricket’ ya In many aspects of how he plays he
He has been an inspiration for us, so I won’t say that the title should define anything. Mandhana felt that she has always played good competitive cricket, but the IPL title has eluded her male counterparts.
“In the last 16 years, I think, the men’s team has also played good cricket, to be honest; the comparison is right I don’t think. It’s not that they have not played well. Because we don’t want to compare, let’s see. There are separate men’s and women’s teams, RCB is a franchise.