Despite no longer making the playoffs in WPL 2025, Smriti Mandhana, the captain of 2024 champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru, confused that she become happy with the man or woman proven by the group in the match once they ended the season with a win towards Mumbai Indians. Mandhana said losing multiple near video games value the group a niche in the playoffs but lauded her gamers for sticking together even if things didn't pass their way. "We had been just having a funny story submit the fit that we began the season on a excessive and ended it on a excessive. Midway we just lost somewhere. So, I assume that quite a great deal sums up our season. But yeah I think having misplaced a variety of gamers from final season submit the public sale, simply, we had quite a few thinking footwear on in between the public sale and the season but the way we commenced, I honestly concept that we're in it. But yeah, I assume in Bangalore loads of things didn't go our manner. But I'm actually proud that the crew showed man or woman," stated Mandhana. "Losing a number of near suits isn't easy on a crew. And I think we misplaced...First -3 matches were quite close for anybody. But every person become surely nice and even until the closing healthy in Lucknow. Everyone turned into... We have been sincerely wondering that we have a hazard and everyone wanted to simply exit there and win it. Which is some thing I'm in reality pleased as a captain. You will or lose, occasionally in franchise cricket things pass your manner and also you win it, however whilst it would not go your way and the crew sticks collectively, that may be a crew for me." RCB commenced their marketing campaign on a sturdy word with two consecutive wins, but a string of five directly losses - which include 4 on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium - in the long run dashed their qualification hopes. The first home losses were heartbreakingly near - Mumbai Indians secured victory with simply one ball to spare, while UP Warriorz triumphed in a Super Over. Smriti Mandhana pinpointed those defeats as the turning factor in RCB's derailed marketing campaign but did not want responsible everyone for that. "I suppose the first fits we played at Bangalore. These (type of) matches last season, we ended up prevailing the ones ones. Sometimes you do a lot of factors right and within the remaining or three overs, matters do not cross your manner. We gained final 12 months with the aid of triumphing those moments and this year, in the first fits in Bangalore, we couldn't make the ones moments ours. Which I sense is a turning point for us, mainly the primary fits. We were virtually there in the game right till the thirty eighth over of the fit, felt it turned into our suit and within the ultimate two or 3 overs (the sport grew to become). But it really is cricket, it could manifest, but I assume those have been the 2 matches which if we had gained, we might be sitting at the top of the desk. "I suppose looking returned, I wouldn't want to throw some thing under the bus announcing that that would have modified it. We all collectively as a group, I sense we ought to have contributed loads more. Me as a batter mid section, I become no longer capable of rating a whole lot of runs. So I just sense that everyone has a part if you win or lose. So all of us as a group will take that. I can't pinpoint one moment which changed loads of factors because it is the incorrect component to do. I simply sense as a captain, the complete tournament we weren't able to win the moments in a way we wanted, and that's some thing which we are able to work on," introduced Mandhana.