'Ee Sala Cup Namdu': Smriti Mandhana accurately rephrases RCB slogan after WPL 2024 Title

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women captain Smriti Mandhana has rephrased the RCB slogan after their WPL 2024 Title win over Delhi Capitals on Sunday (March 17).

The RCB women secured a historical victory against the Capitals as it was the first-ever trophy for the franchise in their history.

RCB men being not winning a trophy yet, it was a magical moment for Smriti Mandhana and her troops, who weathered the storm to register their name in the history books. At the presentation ceremony, Mandhana opened up on her thoughts.

"Feeling hasn't still sunk in. Hard for me to come out with expressions. One thing I'll say is I'm proud of the bunch. Our Bangalore leg was really good. We came to Delhi and had two tough losses. That's what we spoke about that we need to step up at the right time," Mandhana said at the post-match presentation.

The RCB-W captain also thanked the team management for giving her all the freedom when forming the team. She emphasized the importance of RCB as a franchise and said it was just the beginning and a lot is in the offering for the fans.

She also mentioned winning WPL was one of her top five moments and said only a World Cup win will come first.

"I'm not the person to talk about what I feel. This is in the top five maybe. Obviously, a World Cup would top it," she added.

Ee Sala Cup Namdu

And at the flag end of her interview, Mandhana had a message for all the RCB fans, where she replaced the slogan of 'Ee Sala Cup Namde' to 'Ee Sala Cup Namdu'.

"Have a message for the fans - the most loyal fanbase. One statement that always comes up is Ee Sala Cup Namde. Now it's Ee Sala Cup Namdu. Kannada is not my first language but it was important to say it for the fans,"Mandhana concluded.

RCB fans had a slogan of Ee Sala Cup Namde, where 'Namde' means 'something will be ours'. Mandhana rightly said Namdu after winning the trophy as 'Namdu' meant 'something is ours'. So Smriti got it spot on.