WATCH: Smriti Mandhana smashes WPL 2025 purple cap holder Amelia Kerr for two sixes in an over in the game against MI-W

Star opener and RCB skipper Smriti Mandhana played a crucial half-century knock in the ongoing WPL 2025 game against Mumbai Indians Women (MI-W). She scored 53 runs off just 37 balls, with six fours and three sixes. Her knock played a vital role in helping her side post a big total on the board in the first innings.

Besides that, what attracted the eyeballs were the two sixes and over smashed by Smriti Mandhana over WPL 2025’s purple cap holder Amelia Kerr. This big over was the eighth over when Amelia Kerr was bowling to Mandhana. On the third ball of the over, Mandhana got down on her knees to launch Kerr’s ‘outside the off’ delivery for a six in the deep mid-wicket region.

Later, on the fifth ball of the over, Kerr bowled another ball outside the off stump, which was smashed by Mandhana over the bowler’s head for a big six. The video of the amazing six smashed by Mandhana made rounds on social media as soon as it was shared by the official broadcasters of Star Sports on their official X handle (formerly Twitter).

Here’s the video:

ಸಿಕ್ಸರ್ ಸಿಡಿಸಿ ಮಿಂಚುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸ್ಮೃತಿ.🔥🫡

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However, Kerr finally managed to clear off the books with Mandhana by dismissing her on the fifth ball of the 12th over to provide a breakthrough to the Mumbai Indians Women as RCB Women were quickly heading towards a big total.

Speaking of the current action of the match, MI-W skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and asked RCB Women to bat first. Batting first, RCB has posted a score of 199 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the allotted 20 overs in the first innings. Besides Mandhana’s 53-run knock, her opening partner Sabbhineni Meghana scored a quick fiery knock of 26 runs off just 13 balls, with 4 fours and a six.

Later in the innings, the veteran all-rounder Ellyse Perry scored an unbeaten 49 runs off 38 balls, with five fours and a six, followed by wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh’s 36 runs off 22 balls, with five fours and a six. Georgia Wareham also played an unbeaten blistering knock of 31 runs off just 10 balls, with five fours and a six. 

Hayley Matthews scalped 2 wickets for MI-W, alongside a wicket picked by purple cap holder Amelia Kerr.