"Mirror Image Of MS Dhoni": RCB Star Compared To India Great After WPL's Highest Ever Successful Chase

The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 season started off with a bang, as defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) pulled off the highest-ever successful run chase in the history of the tournament, against Gujarat Giants (GG). Chasing 202, RCB seemed to be staring at defeat before a thunderbolt partnership of 93 off just 37 balls between India stars Richa Ghosh and Kanika Ahuja took them over the line with more than an over to spare. Wicket-keeper batter Richa slammed an astonishing 64 off just 27 balls, and earned comparisons from fans to legendary Indian men's wicket-keeper batter MS Dhoni.

Coming in to bat with RCB requiring around 12 runs an over, Richa smashed four sixes and seven boundaries to take the reigning champions home.

Richa's knock saw fans compare her to Dhoni, widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in white-ball cricket.

"Richa Ghosh just did a Dhoni... for RCB," posted one user on X.

"Richa Ghosh is the mirror image of MS Dhoni," said another fan.

"Richa's WPL stats read 36/145 (average/strike rate), absolutely elite numbers for the role she's playing. Some player...," tweeted a third.

Richa Ghosh just did a Dhoni... for RCB pic.twitter.com/1ZcyrR0mMa

Richa Ghosh is the mirror image of legend MS Dhoni https://t.co/15mzyKFBv6

Like this tweet if you think Richa Ghosh is a better finisher than MS Dhoni. https://t.co/HfogSMCgCO

Richa in the WPL stats read 36/145, absolutely elite numbers for the role she's playing. Some player..

Richa's similarities to Dhoni are uncanny. Both hail from the eastern side of India (Richa from Siliguri, West Bengal; Dhoni from Ranchi, Jharkhand), and have built a reputation of being middle-order power-hitters with the ability to finish off games.

Richa was