Stats - Patil and Perry to the fore, RCB end losing streak against Capitals
The statistical highlights from the WPL final between RCB and Delhi Capitals
Sampath Bandarupalli
17-Mar-2024
Shreyanka Patil starred with four wickets in the final • Getty Images
1-4 - The final was Royal Challengers Bangalore's first win over Delhi Capitals in the WPL, after losing each of their previous four meetings. Mumbai Indians' 4-0 record versus Gujarat Giants remains the only unbeaten match-up now.
9 - Number of wickets taken by RCB spinners in the final. These are the most wickets taken by a team's spinners in a WPL game, surpassing the eight by UP Warriorz against RCB in the inaugural edition at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium.
2 - Shreyanka Patil has two four-wicket hauls in the WPL, both against Capitals. She took 4 for 26 last Sunday and bettered her figures with 4 for 12 in the final. Patil is the first bowler to bag four or more wickets more than once in the WPL.
49 - After being placed at 64 for no loss at the end of seven overs, Capitals lost 49 for 10 in 11.3 overs.
141 - Number of runs scored by Ellyse Perry in the last three matches. She scored those runs at a strike rate of 112.80 and was dismissed only once. In these matches, with the ball, she took seven wickets at an average of 8.28, including the first six-wicket haul of the competition.
She finished her season tally with 347 runs following an unbeaten 35 on Sunday and surpassed Meg Lanning's 331 in this edition, and her 345-run aggregate from 2023.
24 - Number of wickets for the RCB spinners across the five matches in the Delhi leg of this WPL. They averaged 17.75 at an economy of 6.81 while striking once every 15.6 balls. Their spinners took 20 wickets across five games in Bengaluru but bowled at an economy of 8.46.
9 - Dismissals against offspinners for Smriti Mandhana in the WPL, the most for any batter. She scored 116 runs off the 122 balls faced against offspinners at an average of 12.88. Mandhana had five dismissals against them in 2023 at a 6.20 average and was dismissed four times this year at 21.25.
Sampath Bandarupalli is a statistician at ESPNcricinfo