Who is the woman beside Anushka Sharma who called Rishabh Pant ‘Stupid’?

The last league match of the IPL 2025 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants was no less than a blockbuster. RCB chased down the total of 227 in 18.4 overs to secure their place in the top 2. From a Mankad attempt and a thrilling run chase to wild celebrations and the importance of Rishabh Pant’s comeback with a century after a poor season, the match had it all.

 

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When Rishabh Pant hit a century and started celebrating on the ground, the camera panned to Anushka Sharma, who was seen cheering for her husband and RCB. However, a surprising moment was captured as a lady beside Anushka appeared to mutter “Stupid” after Pant’s celebration. The video quickly went viral on the internet, and since then, everyone has been wondering, Who is this woman?

Who is the woman beside Anushka Sharma who called Rishabh Pant ‘stupid’?

Malavika Nayak is the woman who was sitting beside Anushka Sharma, who said “stupid” after Pant’s century celebration. Malvika is an experienced professional with focused commercial and business expertise across major industry sectors encompassing IT & outsourcing with Intelenet (Serco) and, most recently, in the start-up domain with Innoz Technologies.

Rishabh Pant finally showed his skills this season with a fantasy century in the last league match of the IPL 2025. The left-hand batter was getting trolled for his poor run in the whole tournament, but he made a solid comeback with a century ahead of the highly anticipated India tour of England Test series to silence the critics on the internet.

In IPL 2025, the 27-year-old scored 269 runs in 14 matches with an average of 24.45 and a strike rate of 133.16, including a fifty against CKS and an amazing century against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last league match of the season.