By Kaif - Feb 11, 2025 12:49 PM
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Women's Premier League 2025: Now there is going to be the thrill of T20 in India. This will happen for about three months. First of all, the Women's Premier League will start. This will be the third season of this league. The matches of this league will be played between five teams at four different venues and the fans will be entertained.
The matches of the Vadodara leg will be played first in four cities. After this, the league will come to Mumbai via Bengaluru, and Lucknow. Its final match will be played in Mumbai itself. Before WPL 2025, let's know. Who won WPL 2024, statistics, records, and list of awards
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Royal Challengers Bangalore won the Women's Premier League 2024 title. And created history by winning it. Smriti Mandhana-led RCB defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets with 3 balls to spare in the match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Delhi Capitals batted first and the entire team was all out for 113 runs in 18.3 overs. In reply, RCB achieved the target by losing two wickets in 19.3 overs. Smriti Mandhana's name was inscribed in golden letters in the history of RCB, who ended the 16-year drought and won the title for the franchise for the first time.
RCB's Ellyse Perry was the highest run scorer in WPL 2024. She scored 347 runs in 9 innings at an average of 69.4.
This season has been strong for DC's Meg Lanning as well. She scored 331 runs in 9 innings at an average of 36.77. Her partner Shafali Verma scored 309 runs.
RCB captain Smriti Mandhana scored 300 runs at an average of 30 and a strike rate of 133.92.
RCB's Shreyanka Patil took the most wickets in WPL 2024. The 21-year-old young bowler took 13 wickets in 8 innings at an average of 12.07. She played a key role in the victory by taking 4 wickets in the final.
Her fellow bowlers Asha Shobhana and Sophie Molineau took 12 wickets each.
UPW's Sophie Ecclestone, DC's Marizanne Kapp and Jis Johnson took 11 wickets each.
Ellyse Perry gave the best bowling performance this season. She took 6 wickets for 15 runs in the match against MI. Apart from her, only RCB's Asha Shobhana (5/22) has managed to take a 5-wicket haul.
The highest team score in WPL 2024 was in the name of Gujarat Giants (GG). This team captained by Mooney scored 199/5 against RCB in the 13th match of this season. GG won this match by 15 runs.
The lowest team score of this season is also in the name of GG. GG's team could only score 107/7 in the match against DC.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore's most experienced player Alice Perry captured the Orange Cap by scoring the most 347 runs in WPL 2024, while the Purple Cap was adorned on the head of the team's young player Shreyanka Patil. By taking 4 wickets in the final, Shreyanka Patil became the highest wicket-taker in the tournament. She took a total of 13 wickets in the WPL 2024 season. Both these RCB players also received a reward of Rs 5 lakh each along with the cap.
Player of the Match (Trophy and Rs 2.5 lakh): Sophie Molyneux
Emerging Player of the Season (Trophy and Rs 5 lakh): Shreyanka Patil
Purple Cap for most wickets in the season (Cap and Rs 5 lakh): Shreyanka Patil
Orange Cap for most runs in the season (Cap and Rs 5 lakh): Ellyse Perry
Most Valuable Player of the Season (Trophy and Rs 5 lakh): Deepti Sharma
Fairplay Award: Royal Challengers Bangalore
Powerful Striker of the Match (Trophy and Rs 1 lakh): Shefali Verma
Sixes of the Match (Trophy and Rs 1 lakh): Shefali Verma
Powerful Striker of the Season (Trophy and Rs 5 lakh): Georgia Wareham
Sixes of the Season (Trophy and Rs 5 lakh): Shefali Verma
Catch of the Season Award (Trophy and Rs 5 lakh): Sajeevan Sajna
Runner-up Team (Trophy and Rs 3 crore): Delhi Capitals
Winning Team (Trophy and Rs 6 crore): Royal Challengers Bangalore
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