The 19th match of the Women's Premier League 2024 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. In which RCB's star all-rounder Ellyse Perry created history. In the match played against Mumbai, Ellis took 6 wickets for 15 runs. With this, Alice Parry became the first bowler to take 6 wickets in the Women's Premier League. In the match, Parry bowled 18 dot balls in 4 overs and did not allow the Mumbai batsmen to stay on the crease. So let's talk about 5 Best Bowling figures in WPL History
| Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellyse Perry | 4 | - | 15 | 6 | 3.75 | RCB W | v MI W | Delhi | 12 Mar 2024 |
| Marizanne Kapp | 4 | - | 15 | 5 | 3.75 | DC W | v GG W | DY Patil | 11 Mar 2023 |
| Asha Sobhana | 4 | - | 22 | 5 | 5.5 | RCB W | v UPW W | Bengaluru | 24 Feb 2024 |
| Tara Norris | 4 | - | 29 | 5 | 7.25 | DC W | v RCB W | Brabourne | 05 Mar 2023 |
| Kim Garth | 4 | - | 36 | 5 | 9 | GG W | v UPW W | DY Patil | 05 Mar 2023 |
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Kim Garth became the first player for Gujarat Giants to take a five-wicket haul in the tournament. Garth performed brilliantly in the third game of WPL 2023, defending the total of 170 runs against UP Warriors. And took 5 wickets for 36 runs in his 4 over spell
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In the second match of the inaugural edition of the tournament, and between RCB, DC camp associate player Tara Norris created history by becoming the first player to take a five-wicket haul. DC's top order batsmen performed brilliantly. In his final over, Norris achieved a crucial breakthrough by taking the wicket of England captain Heather Knight. Norris finished his spell with impressive figures of 4-0-29-5. Taking advantage of their excellent performance, Capitals won over the Challengers by a margin of 60 runs.
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RCB registered a thrilling win in their first game of WPL 2024 and got their campaign off to a great start. Facing Alyssa Healy's UP Warriors, RCB produced a stellar performance with both bat and ball, winning the game by a narrow margin of just two runs. Sophie Molineux gave success to RCB by dismissing Healy in the second over, but after that Asha remained dominant. The spinner took five consecutive wickets with figures of 5/22, his first WPL outing.
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In the ninth match of WPL 2023, Marizanne Kapp recorded the best bowling figures of the tournament against GG and held the feat until Perry bettered it in the 2024 edition. She recorded the best spell of WPL 2023 with figures of 5/15 in four overs.
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Ellyse Perry took 6 wickets for just 15 runs in his four over spell. First he bowled S Sajna (30). On the very next ball, he sent captain Harmanpreet Kaur to the pavilion for a golden duck. After this, Amelia Kar (4) was LBW on the first ball of the 11th over. Then Amanjot was bowled on the third ball.
Elise Perry bowled Pooja Vastrakar (6) on the third ball of the 13th over. On the last ball of the over, Perry got Nat Siver-Brunt out LBW. Brunt scored 10 runs in 15 balls with the help of 1 four. After this fatal bowling by Perry, there was a flood of reactions on social media. Fans praised the Australian player a lot.
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