Anushka Sharma hails Smriti Mandhana as 'Queen' after her team bags the WPL 2026 trophy

Anushka Sharma congratulated the RCB Women's team after they won the WPL 2026. The actress gave a shoutout to the captain of the team, Smriti Mandhana, after the team's big win. Let's take a look at how the Bollywood actress lauded the squad's skipper on her social media.

Anushka Sharma hails Smriti Mandhana after her team's win in WPL

After RCB won against the DC at the BCA Stadium in Vadodra in the WPL 2026, Smriti Mandhana took to her Instagram account to drop photos with the trophy and captioned it, "Ee sala kuda cup namdu (This year too, the cup is ours)."




Soon, fans filled the comment section with love and congratulatory messages. One of them was Anushka Sharma. She lauded the team's skipper in her comment. The actress wrote, "Queen," with a crown and heart emoji.

Take a look.

More about the win

This was the second time the team has bagged the trophy in the WPL. Meanwhile, in men's cricket, Anushka Sharma's husband, Virat Kohli, had represented the squad. The team won their first tournament title after an 18-year wait.

More about Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma has been away from movies after she delivered her first child, Vamika, with her husband, Virat Kohli, in the year 2021. The couple welcomed their second kid, a son, Akaay, in 2024. The duo has been living in London now and makes trips to India whenever needed.

On the work front, Anushka was supposed to make a comeback with the film 'Chakda Xpress', in which she had portrayed the role of the former Indian women's cricket team's captain, Jhulan Goswami. The film was scheduled to arrive on an OTT platform; however, there are no updates on the movie yet. She was last seen in the film 'Zero', co-starring Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif. Directed by Anand L Rai, the movie was released in December 2018.Get the latest entertainment updates from the Times of India, along with the latest Hindi movies, upcoming Hindi movies in 2026 , and Telugu movies.”