Table of Contents
MS Dhoni made an exception when the India Women's National Cricket Team won the ODI World Cup in Navi Mumbai in 2025. Dhoni, the World Cup-winning former men's national cricket team skipper, is not among those who stick with their phones too much. The others, who know him well, are well aware of the fact that the legendary keeper-batter does not like to use the handset without any proper reason.
When Smriti Mandhana received a WhatsApp message from MS Dhoni, soon after winning the World Cup, she was awestruck. Mandhana actually did not expect to receive a WhatsApp message from him as she also knew that the former captain does not like to glue withhis phone.
MS Dhoni actually did send me a message: Smriti Mandhana
In a recent promotional event, Smriti Mandhana revealed the moment when she saw a message from MS Dhoni on her WhatsApp. Dhoni congratulated the entire team for winning the historic trophy and asked Mandhana to pass his message to the others on the team.
"He actually did send me a message after the World Cup win. I know he doesn't use his phone a lot. I was very happy that he used WhatsApp to congratulate all of us," Mandhana said at the event.
While the current captain of the women's cricket team was sharing the incident, Harsha Bhogle, the presenter of the event, asked Smriti whether she saved Dhoni's number. You saved the number?" Harsha Bhogle asked. Smriti Mandhana replied, "I did have his number."
MS Dhoni explains why he texted Smriti Mandhana
After the revelation from Smriti Mandhana, MS Dhoni shared some more information about his decision to send a message to her. MS Dhoni claimed that he had only Mandhana's number from the World Cup-winning team. So he texted her and requested her to convey his message to the rest of the team.
"I didn't know anyone else's (number) from the team. I wanted the message to go through. We had just shot (a commercial) before that. I thought, 'Let me send a message to Smriti', and I mentioned, 'Please wish everyone who is part of the team, ' Dhoni said.
Mahi congratulated Smriti on whatsapp following the WC triumph and asked her to extend his congratulations to the entire team on his behalf. https://t.co/uwfpXtVGof
— 𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓴𝓾 .♡ (@chiku_tweetz) October 29, 2026
MS Dhoni on winning the women's ODI World Cup
The former Indian men's cricket team captain in the brief further mentioned that winning a World Cup is always a big thing for the national side. Winning the trophy, defeating South Africa by 52 runs,s was evidence that the Indian women's cricket team had moved to the next stage.
"It (winning the World Cup) is a big thing. It changes how Indian women's cricket moves forward. Not only the fact that you have brought a big trophy for the country. It's the fact that these girls paved the way for future ladies and how they would look at cricket and treat it as a profession," he said.
It was the Indian women's cricket team's maiden Women's ODI World Cup title. They defeated the South Africa Women's National Cricket Team by 52 runs in Navi Mumbai on November 2, 2025. India scored 298 for seven, and the Proteas' innings was restricted to 246 runs in the second innings.
