New Delhi,, In the 19th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 on Tuesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here, Ellyse Perry performed brilliantly with medium pace bowling and scored a brilliant score of 6-15 and scored a brilliant unbeaten 40, which helped Royal Challengers Bangalore ( RCB defeated defending champions Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in 30 balls.
With this win, RCB confirmed their place in the playoffs, hurting defending champions Mumbai Indians’ chances of making it straight to the WPL finals. Mumbai Indians’ defeat brought cheer to table-toppers Delhi Capitals as they now need to win their next match against Gujarat Giants. This win will help Delhi gain 12 points and secure their place in the finals. A big defeat for Delhi Capitals will reduce them to 10 points.
Mumbai Indians were in trouble after RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first. He added 43 runs for the first wicket. Hayley Mathews scored 26 runs and was caught out by Perry on the ball of Sophie Devine. After this Perry dismissed Sajeevan Sajna for 30 runs. With the fall of two wickets in two balls in the ninth over, Mumbai Indians’ score became 65/3 and Amelia Kerr was out after four runs in the 11th over. This trend continued, as they continued to lose wickets, as Perry finished with 6–15, taking six wickets in a row. Mumbai Indians could only score 113 runs, leaving RCB in a strong position. In reply, RCB had a poor start and Sophie Molineux was out for nine runs with the score of 22 runs on the board. Captain Smriti Mandhana was also out after scoring 11 runs in 13 balls. Sophie Devine also got out early and RCB were in trouble at 39/3 in the seventh over. Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh added 76 runs for the fourth wicket to help RCB win the match. Perry scored unbeaten 40 off 38 balls. And Richa Ghosh scored 36 runs in 28 balls. RCB saved a lot and won the match. Perry hit five fours and a six, while Richa Ghosh, who got an early reprieve after being dropped by Nat Sciver-Brunt, hit four fours and two sixes. After this, he completed his half-century in his fourth wicket partnership in 43 balls, in which Perry contributed 15 runs and Richa Ghosh contributed 28 runs. Brief scores: Mumbai Indians all out for 113 runs in 19 overs (Sajeevan Sajna 30, Hayley Matthews 28; Ellyse Perry 6-15) lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore 115/3 in 15 overs (Ellyse Perry 40 not out, Richa Ghosh 36 not out) by seven wickets.–IANS