WPL 2025 | "A tricky season for us...": RCB's Ellyse Perry

Following the victory against Mumbai Indians MI Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB premier batswoman Ellyse Perry opened up on her sides rollercoaster WPL 2025 seasonRCB started the season on a high with two victories and later suffered five backtoback defeats before securing a win in their last group stage match against MIA highscoring affair at Lucknow mesmerised the spectators as RCB successfully defended 199 and left MI tatteredRCBs win also turned out to be a favour for Delhi Capitals DC as they directly qualified for the final of the WPL 2025Ellyse Perry labelled the WPL 2025 as a tricky one for RCBAlso ReadShane Bond warns Jasprit Bumrah of careerender injuryWe started with some really strong wins and ended on a high note with another victory tonight But in between we lost some close games and had a few performances that werent up to our standards which is a bit disappointing That said it has been an incredibly enjoyable season in an amazing competition she addedEllyse Perry also stated that representing RCB is a fantastic experience and the support from fans especially at the Chinnaswamy Stadium has been incrediblePlaying for RCB has been a fantastic experience especially because of the fans The support we receive particularly in Bengaluru has been incredible but it has been equally enjoyable to see fans turning up for us across different venues Its hard to pick a favorite venue but Chinnaswamy Stadium is special for us However the matches in Baroda at the start of the tournament were brilliant and playing in Mumbai and Lucknow also added great variety Moving the competition across multiple venues has been a fantastic experience and I hope fans have enjoyed coming out to watch the matches she addedEllyse Perrys WPL 2025 came to the conclusion with she finishing it as the sides highest runscorer and overall second with 372 runs in eight matches She also had four halfcenturies with her best score being unbeaten 90 runsComing to the match MI won the toss and elected to field first Sabbhineni Megha 26 in 13 balls with four boundaries and a six played a quickfire hand during her 41run opening stand with skipper Smriti Mandhana 53 in 37 balls with six fours and three sixes who had a 59run stand with Perry 49 in 38 balls with five fours and a six Richa Ghosh 36 in 22 balls with five fours and a six had another halfcentury stand with Perry while Georgia Wareham 31 in 10 balls with five fours and a six went ballistic towards the end taking RCB to 1993 in their 20 overs with Hayley Matthews 237 being MIs topwickettakerDuring the runchase despite the fight put on by Nat Sciver Brunt 69 in 35 balls with nine fours and two sixes which saw her register two fiftyrun stands with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur 20 in 18 balls with two fours and Amanjot Kaur 17 MI could make just 1889 in their 20 overs losing by 11 runsSneh Rana 326 was the star of RCB bowlers while Kim Garth and Perry also got two wickets Rana won the Player of the Match awardWith ANI Inputs