Ellyse Perry put on an all-round show as she took a record six wickets and then smashed an unbeaten 40 to set up Royal Challengers Bangalore's dominant seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians and clinch their play-off berth in the Women's Premier League seal. Tuesday. The Australian all-rounder, who had been wicketless so far in the tournament, had a night to remember as she registered the best ever bowling figures in the history of the Women's Premier League, with six for 15 runs as RCB dismissed MI for 113, their second lowest score in WPL, after choosing to bowl first.
Chasing 114 to win, RCB were 39 for 3 in the seventh over. It could have been worse if Nat Sciver-Brunt had saved two catches off Shabnim Ismail.
However, the 33-year-old Perry hit a 38-ball 40 and shared an unbroken 76-run stand with Richa Ghosh (36 off 28) to take RCB across the finish line in 15 overs.
With the win, RCB ended their league matches in third place with eight points, while MI (10) remained at second spot behind Delhi Capitals (10) in the table.
Needing a win to secure their position in the top three, Perry consistently got the ball back from the crease to clear four batters and catch two before the wicket to suck the life out of the defending champions, leaving they were tottering at 82 for 7 off 13 overs.
Hayley Matthews (26) and Sajeevan Sajana (30), who were promoted above, got MI off to a blistering start, adding 43 off 35 balls.
Matthew was the aggressor at the start, using her slog shots to hit two fours and two sixes. While Renuka Singh was on the line for Matthews in the third over, Sajana picked Sophie Molineux for special treatment in the fifth over.
However, Sophie Devine ended the powerplay by dismissing Matthews, who edged out to Perry when MI were 43 for one in six overs.
Sajana then took the reins and smashed Devine for a four and a six before Perry brought RCB back into the match.
Perry bowled off-length deliveries and both Sajana and Harmanpreet Kaur fell as the ball rattled their stumps to leave MI at 65 for 3 in 9 overs.
Sajana hit five boundaries and a six in her 21-ball knock.
Perry continued to wreak havoc with the ball as she returned to trap Amelia Kerr (2) in front before clearing Amanjot Kaur (4) in the 11th over.
Completing her bowling quota of four overs on the trot, the Australian then first flattened the stumps of Pooja Vastrakar (6) and then deceived Nat Sciver-Brunt (10) with another inward seam delivery in her final over, taking her to a record six achieved. wicket haul.
It was a sensational show from Perry, who took six wickets from her last fifteen balls. Asha Sobhana (1/12), Molineux (1/26) and Shreyanka Patil (1/3) were also among the wickets.
Priyanka Bala, who replaced Yastika Bhatia in the XI, tried to do her bit by hitting two sixes in her 18-ball 19 before MI folded for a small total in 19 overs. It was only the second time that MI was eliminated from WPL.
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