WATCH: Shabnim Ismail's aggressive send-off to Smriti Mandhana after dismissing the latter in WPL 2025 game

An unexpected incident unfolded during the ongoing RCB-W vs MI-W clash in the WPL 2025 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru when Shabnim Ismail dismissed the RCB skipper Smriti Mandhana. Ismail bowled ‘back of a length’ outside the off stump which compelled Mandhana to play across the line but it couldn’t be enough and the ball went straight into the air, which was caught by wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia.

Besides the RCB skipper’s dismissal, what attracted the eyeballs was the aggressive celebration of Shabnim Ismail and the angry send-off she gave to Mandhana. It also left Smriti in shock as she wasn’t expecting the star MI-W to react this way.

The video of this unexpected moment also went viral on social media as soon as it was shared by a user on X (formerly Twitter).

Here’s the video:

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Speaking of the current action of the game between Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women and Mumbai Indians Women, the visitors are currently chasing the target of 168 runs in the second innings. They had scored a blistering 74 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in just 6.5 overs. Star all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt has scored 42 runs off just 19 balls, smashing nine fours. Kim Garth and Ekta Bisht have scalped a wicket each for RCB-W in the second innings.

Earlier in the first innings, RCB-W posted a decent total of 167 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs after struggling in the initial phase of the innings. The veteran all-rounder Ellyse Perry smashed a swashbuckling knock of 81 runs off just 43 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes. Besides her Mandhana and Richa Ghosh also played the knocks of 26 and 28 runs, respectively.

Amanjot Kaur scalped 3  wickets for MI-W in the first innings, alongside a wicket each bagged by Shabnim Ismail, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, and Sanskriti Gupta.