Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have scripted history! The side becomes the first ever team to win IPL/WPL trophy, the Orange Cap and the Purple Cap in the same season. The Smriti Mandhana-led RCB defeated Meg Lanning’s DC in WPL 2024 final to clinch the trophy.
RCB create history with WPL 2024 win!
Ellyse Perry is the Orange Cap winner for WPL 2024. The Australian all-rounder was in phenomenal form with the bat in this season. With 347 runs, she tops the chart of leading run-getters.
Spinner Shreyanka Patil is the Purple Cap winner for WPL 2024. A four-wicket haul in the finals against DC propelled the RCB star to the top of the leading wicker getters. She finished WPL 2024 with 13 wickets to her name.
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Award Winners of WPL 2024
- Player of the Match for WPL Final: Sophie Molineux
- Orange Cap Winner (Top Run-scorer): Ellyse Perry
- Purple Cap Winner (Top Wicket-taker): Shreyanka Patil
- Most Sixes Award: Shafali Verma
- Highest Strike Rate Award: Georgia Wareham
- WPL 2024 MVP: Deepti Sharma
WPL Final RCB vs DC, As It Happened
As far as the match is concerned, after DC opted to bat, they could only score 113, despite Shafali Verma scoring a quickfire 44. From then on, Sophie Molineux claimed two more wickets, while Shreyanka Patil wreaked havoc with four. Post that, RCB lost only two wickets in the chase.