WPL 2024: Who will be the Wizard of Oz?
Royal Challengers Bangalore or second-time finalists Delhi Capitals, the women are set to give a lesson or two in finishing.
16 seasons of the Indian Premier League and two of the Women’s Premier League, and RCB and DC (erstwhile Delhi Daredevils of IPL) are yet to cross the chasm and sip from the victory cup. Meg Lanningled DC have never let currently Smriti Mandhana-led and Ellyse Perrydriven RCB get the better of them in WPL. It seems it might boil down to the better Australian who wins it.
Take Perry’s 66 out of RCB’s Eliminator efforts against the 2023 champions Mumbai Indians on Friday and they would not have recovered from a 49/4 situation. A target of 136 is not a winning one in T20, but it did prove to be defendable. Skipper Mandhana was all smiles and praises for the 33-year-old two World Cups and six T20 World Cups-winning cricketer-footballer Australian.
“The way Ellyse kept her nerve with three wickets down, and even when she was out on the field later, saying ‘guys, I still feel we can still win it’, well, we saw what happened,” a beaming Mandhana said after sealing a final spot.
The current Orange Cap holder Perry was also the flavour of the Delhi Metro as RCB supporters’ chants went viral on social media. It seems what AB de Villiers was to the men’s outfit once, Perry is now to this RCB. Let her break some more car windows (a six against UP Warriors at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru)! The sponsor actually gifted her the broken window after she took home the ‘player of the match’ award in
