Royal Challengers Bangalore entered the WPL 2024 ultimate with an exhilarating five-run win towards defending champions Mumbai Indians within the eliminator conflict on Friday. Once once more, Ellyse Perry rose to the event with a match-winning all-round efficiency to script a major milestone for RCB.
The Australian legend registered her second fifty of the season by smashing 66 runs off 50 balls as Bangalore posted a 135/6 whole on the Arun Jaitkey Stadium. Perry then contributed with a ball with an important wicket of Yastika Bhatia as RCB restricted Mumbai to 130/6 in 20 overs.
Perry clinched the Orange Cap for surpassing Delhi captain Meg Lanning’s 308-run tally in WPL 2024. Perry additionally entered the report guide by turning into the first-ever RCB participant to achieve the 500-run mark in WPL historical past and fifth total.
Most runs in WPL historical past:
- Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals) – 653 runs in 17 innings
- Ellyse Perry (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – 565 runs in 16 innings
- Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians) – 549 runs in 16 innings
- Shafali Verma (Delhi Capitals) – 517 runs in 17 innings
- Natalie Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Indians) – 502 runs in 19Â inningsÂ
Meanwhile, Perry talked about her match-winning efficiency after claiming the Player of the Match award within the WPL eliminatory. She credited the optimistic dressing room ambiance for RCB’s highway to the ultimate and praised her teammates for their efforts towards Mumbai.Â
“We are just ecstatic to play in the final now,” Ellyse Perry mentioned within the post-match presentation. “Defending a extremely low whole, it was superior. We stored it fairly calm in the long run. Some superior performances by the spinners to complete the sport. You must take the alternatives that come your manner.
“It has been nice for me in the last couple of matches. The way we stayed calm in the back end of our bowling innings was exceptional. The group has come a long way since last year and we have enjoyed each other’s company, on the field and off it. Overall, we hung in there, girls kept contributing. They all added to the runs on the board. We were a little under-par but super effort to finish the way we did.”
