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NEW DELHI: Star Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry produced a file bowling figures of six for 15 and adopted it up with a classy unbeaten 40-run knock as Royal Challengers Bangalore blew away Mumbai Indians by seven wickets to sail by to the playoffs in Ladies’s Premier League on Tuesday.
The fourth win of the season for RCB meant they now end on the third spot on the desk behind Delhi Capitals and Mumbai.
The fourth win of the season for RCB meant they now end on the third spot on the desk behind Delhi Capitals and Mumbai.
Perry, who had gone wicketless to this point within the match, had an evening to recollect as she registered the all time bowling figures within the historical past of Ladies’s Premier League as RCB dismissed MI for 113, their second lowest rating in WPL, after opting to bowl first.
Chasing 114 to win, RCB had been 39 for 3 within the seventh over. It may have been worse had Nat Sciver-Brunt held on to 2 catches off Shabnim Ismail.
Nevertheless, the 33-year-old Perry slammed a 38-ball 40, sharing an unbroken 76-run stand with Richa Ghosh (36 off 28) to take RCB throughout the end line in 15 overs.
With the win, RCB completed their league engagements at third place with eight factors, whereas MI (10) stayed on the second spot behind Delhi Capitals (10) within the desk.
Needing a win to seal their top-three place, Perry received the ball to nip again from the crease persistently to wash up 4 batters and entice two in entrance of the wicket to empty the life out of defending champions, leaving them tottering at 82 for 7 in 13 overs.
Despatched in to bat, Hayley Matthews (26) and Sajeevan Sajana (30), who was promoted up the order, supplied a blistering begin to MI, including 43 off 35 balls.
Matthew was the aggressor initially, utilizing her slog photographs to blast two fours and two sixes. Whereas Renuka Singh was on the road for Matthews within the third over, Sajana picked Sophie Molineux within the fifth over for particular remedy.
Nevertheless, Sophie Devine ended the powerplay dismissing Matthews, who holed out to Perry as MI had been 43 for one in six overs.
Sajana then took over the reins and smashed Devine for a 4 and a six earlier than Perry introduced RCB again into the sport.
Perry bowled outdoors off size deliveries and each Sajana and Harmanpreet Kaur fell for the entice because the ball rattled their stumps to go away MI at 65 for 3 in 9 overs.
Sajana hit 5 boundaries and a six in her 21-ball knock.
Perry continued to wreak havoc with the ball as she returned to entice Amelia Kerr (2) in entrance earlier than cleansing up Amanjot Kaur (4) within the eleventh over.
Finishing her bowling quota of 4 overs on the trot, the Australian then flattened the off stumps of Pooja Vastrakar (6) first after which deceived Nat Sciver-Brunt (10) with one other inward seam supply in her ultimate over to seize a file six-wicket haul.
It was a sensational present from Perry, who took the six wickets off her final 15 balls. Asha Sobhana (1/12), Molineux (1/26) and Shreyanka Patil (1/3) had been additionally among the many wickets.
Priyanka Bala, who changed Yastika Bhatia within the XI, tried her bit smashing two sixes in her 18-ball 19 earlier than MI folded up for a small complete in 19 overs. It was solely the second time that MI have been bowled out in WPL.
(With inputs from PTI)
