New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Ellyse Perry won the Orange Cap after a brave show in the final against Delhi Capitals at the Women’s Premier League (WPL), here Sunday.
Perry remained unbeaten at 35 — 347 runs from 9 matches — and helped RCB chase down a 114-run target in the summit clash.
The Australian competed with Delhi Capitals’ captain Meg Lanning, who finished with 331 runs in the tournament.
Our Perry Perry lady truly deserves the Orange C̶a̶p̶ Crown 👑#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #SheIsBold #WPL2024 #WPLFinal #DCvRCB @EllysePerry pic.twitter.com/gbpQUZ018y
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 17, 2024
Other awards: Shreyanka Patil won the Purple Cap and Deepti Sharma was crowned the Most Valuable Player of WPL 2024.
Shreyanka also picked up the Emerging Player of the WPL award. Shafali Verma won the award for the most sixes in the season, while Georgia Wareham bagged the award for having the highest strike rate during the season.
Shreyanka Patil 🙅♀️
Purple Patil ✅#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #SheIsBold #WPL2024 #WPLFinal #DCvRCB @shreyanka_patil pic.twitter.com/Xx0MqNluvF— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 17, 2024
S Sajana of the Mumbai Indians won the Best Catch award for her catch against the UP Warriorz to dismiss Sophie Ecclestone. RCB also won the Fair Play award.