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RCB vs DC final in WPL 2024

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets to lift WPL 2024 title. Photo: Sportzpics

Royal Challengers Bangalore lifted their maiden Women’s Premier League title after Smriti Mandhana’s side defeated Delhi Capitals by 8wickets at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi. The WPL 2024 title win came a biggest gift for the RCB fans, who have been cheering for the RCB men’s team since the start of Indian Premier League.

Meanwhile, for the Delhi Capitals fans, it would be a heartbreak for second time in a row after falling short in the inaugural edition of Women’s Premier League. 


Women’s Premier League winners list


Women’s Premier League winners and runner-ups list and captains

Season

Winner

Runner-ups

Captain

2024

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Smriti Mandhana

2023

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Harmanpreet Kaur


Women’s Premier League 2024 key stats

Who was the highest run-getter in WPL 2024?

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Ellyse Perry emerged as the highest run-getter in Women’s Premier League 2024. She hit 341 runs in nine matches, scoring runs at an average of 68.2.

Perry won the orange cap in Women’s Premier League 2024


Top 10 batters in Women’s Premier League 2024


Women’s Premier League 2024 highest run-scorers

Player

Mat

Inns

NO

Runs

HS

Ave

BF

SR

100

50

0

4s

6s

EA Perry (RCB-W)

9

9

4

347

66

69.4

276

125.72


2


41

7

MM Lanning (DC-W)

9

9


331

60

36.77

269

123.04


4


47

4

Shafali Verma (DC-W)

9

9

1

309

71

38.62

197

156.85


3


27

20

S Mandhana (RCB-W)

10

10


300

80

30

224

133.92


2


40

10

DB Sharma (UPW-W)

8

8

5

295

88*

98.33

216

136.57


3


34

8

BL Mooney (GG-W)

8

8

2

285

85*

47.5

202

141.08


3

1

38

5

H Kaur (MI-W)

7

7

2

268

95*

53.6

190

141.05


2

1

30

8

RM Ghosh (RCB-W)

10

9

3

257

62

42.83

181

141.98


2


31

10

JI Rodrigues (DC-W)

9

9

3

235

69*

39.16

153

153.59


2

2

26

8

A Capsey (DC-W)

9

8


230

75

28.75

183

125.68


1

2

29

6
Who was the highest wicket-taker in WPL 2024?

RCB’s Shreyanka Patil registered highest number of wickets in WPL 2024. Her 4-wicket haul in the final was instrumental in RCB’s success and allowing the team to lift maiden title.

Shreyanka won purple cap in WPL 2024.

Top 10 bowlers 


Women’s Premier League 2024 highest wicket-takers

Player

Mat

Inns

Balls

Overs

Mdns

Runs

Wkts

BBI

Ave

Econ

SR

4

5

Shreyana Patil (RCB-W)

8*

8

129

21.3


157

13

4/12

12.07

7.3

9.92

2


Asha Sobhana (RCB-W)

10*

10

156

26


185

12

5/22

15.41

7.11

13


1

Sophie Molineux (RCB-W)

10*

10

228

38


278

12

3/20

23.16

7.31

19



Jess Jonassen (DC-W)

7*

6

138

23


166

11

3/21

15.09

7.21

12.54



M Kapp (DC-W)

7*

7

168

28

2

176

11

3/5

16

6.28

15.27



S Ecclestone (UPW-W)

8

8

189

31.3


207

11

3/20

18.81

6.57

17.18



RP Yadav (DC-W)

9*

9

150

25


187

10

4/20

18.7

7.48

15

1


TP Kanwar (GG-W)

8

8

174

29

1

207

10

2/20

20.7

7.13

17.4



Nat Sciver-Brunt (MI-W)

9

9

162

27


215

10

2/14

21.5

7.96

16.2



DB Sharma (UPW-W)

8

8

180

30


217

10

4/19

21.7

7.23

18

1


Women’s Premier League 2023 key stats

Who was the highest run-scorer in WPL 2023?

Meg Lanning was the highest run-scorer in the Women’s Premier League 2023 with 345 runs in nine matches. She scored those runs at an average of 49.29.


Delhi Capitals’ Meg Lanning was the orange cap winner during the inaugural edition of WPL.


Top 10 batters


WPL 2023 highest run-scorers

 

Player

Matches

Inns

Runs

Avg

Sr

4s

6s

1

Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals)

9

9

345

49.29

139.11

50

6

2

Nat Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Indians)

10

10

332

66.4

140.08

47

6

3

Tahlia McGrath (UP Warriorz)

9

8

302

50.33

158.12

46

7

4

Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians)

10

9

281

40.14

135.1

44

3

5

Hayley Matthews (Mumbai Indians)

10

10

271

30.11

126.05

33

10

6

Sophie Devine (RCB)

8

8

266

33.25

172.73

32

13

7

Ellyse Perry (RCB)

8

8

253

42.17

123.41

28

7

8

Alyssa Healy (UP Warriorz)

9

9

253

31.62

141.34

41

3

9

Shafali Verma (Delhi Capitals)

9

9

252

31.5

185.29

32

13

10

Grace Harris (UP Warriorz)

6

5

230

57.5

165.47

29

9

 


Who was the highest wicket-taker in WPL 2023?

Mumbai Indians’ Hayley Mathews was the highest wicket-taker in WPL 2023. She took 16 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 12.62. 

Hayley Mathews won purple cap in Women’s Premier League 2024.


Top 10 bowlers


WPL 2023 highest wicket-takers

 

Player

Matches

Overs

Balls

Wkts

Avg

Runs

4-fers

5-fers

1

Hayley Matthews (Mumbai Indians)

10

34

204

16

12.62

202



2

Sophie Ecclestone (UP Warriorz)

9

35.3

213

16

14.69

235

1


3

Issy Wong (Mumbai Indians)

10

32.3

195

15

14

210

1


4

Amelia Kerr (Mumbai Indians)

10

32.4

196

15

14.07

211



5

Saika Ishaque (Mumbai Indians)

10

34.5

209

15

16.27

244

1


6

Kim Garth (Gujarat Giants)

7

25

150

11

17.55

193


1

7

Shikha Pandey (Delhi Capitals)

9

32

192

10

21.1

211



8

Nat Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Indians)

10

32

192

10

22.8

228



9

Ashleigh Gardner (Gujarat Giants)

8

27.4

166

10

25.5

255



10

Marizanne Kapp (Delhi Capitals)

9

36

216

9

22.89

206


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First Published: Mar 17 2024 | 10:46 PM IST

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