Ellyse Perry put in an all-round performance to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to a five-match win over defending champions Mumbai Indians in the knockout round of the 2024 Women’s Champions League in New Delhi on Friday. Super League final. The winning team will face Delhi Capitals in the pinnacle showdown of the tournament on Sunday, March 17 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Ahead of the final, a video from the Delhi Metro went viral on social media, in which fans could be seen chanting slogans “RCB, RCB”.

Watch it here:

The subway also shouted “RCB RCB” and “Perry Perry”…
Our country’s love for cricket pic.twitter.com/0cgZ6gRKCM

— Rahul Kumar (@rahulk_1019) March 15, 2024

Perry breaks electric car’s glass pic.twitter.com/3sn7pNLslx

— Ashish |…. (@Ashishtoots) March 16, 2024

Ellis Perry received a special gift after the game. During a match in the WPL, one of her sixes broke the window of a show car. She saw the window.

TATA presents broken glass window to Ellyse Perry. pic.twitter.com/yPItU3IRc1

——Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 16, 2024

Led by the inspirational Meg Lanning, in-form Delhi Capitals will hope to be lucky enough to clinch their maiden WPL title again when they take on a brave RCB side in the summit on Sunday champion.

After missing out on the title in the inaugural edition of the WPL last year and losing to Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets in the final, DC looks a fresh look this year.

DC are in superb form this year, sitting atop the five-team table with 12 points from eight games.

Lanning leads DC with 308 runs in eight innings while South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp and Australian left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen top the team with 11 scalps each The highest wicket.

DC’s only two losses this season were against Mumbai Indians UP Warriorz. Those two games aside, they had a near-perfect season.

They will certainly be favorites heading into the final, having never lost to RCB in four meetings.

But having said that, past results mean almost nothing in the finals. It will be a new day and the team that can withstand the pressure and expectations will lift the trophy.

RCB, on the other hand, had an inconsistent performance in the league stage, picking up just 8 points in as many matches, but they delivered at crucial moments to knock out defending champions MI by 5 points in the knockout round on Friday.

All-rounder Perry will be key to RCB’s success on Sunday as apart from being the highest run-scorer with 312 runs, the Australian has also impressed with his ability with the ball as he claimed seven wickets.

If not for Perry’s all-around performance against MI on Friday, the outcome might have been different. She started with a crucial 50-ball knock of 66 and then returned with figures of 1 for 29, playing a key role in RCB’s progression to the final.

But Perry will look to captain Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Richa Ghosh and bat Sophie Molyneux (Sophie Molineux) and others for more support.

However, if RCB wants to stop DC, they will need efforts from the bowlers, especially Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Wareham ) and others.

All in all, this will be a tight contest, with the balance tilting slightly in favor of host Washington.

(with PTI input)