Ellyse Perry is the Australian cricketer who has captured the hearts and minds of many Indians. Her charismatic personality and remarkable performances have made her popular among cricket fans.

Perry’s powerful batting, her accurate bowling and her all-round abilities have left a lasting impression.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first title recently, in the Women’s Premier League 2024. Perry and Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana played a key role in keeping RCB’s dressing room focused and relaxed during the title-winning campaign.

The duo’s experience helped create an atmosphere that allowed the team to remain calm in difficult situations. Perry’s contributions and leadership were invaluable. She is still a respected cricketer.

Perry’s versatility goes beyond cricket. Her personal life has also been in the news, particularly her relationship with Australian Rules Footballer Nat Fyfe.

She has become a well-known figure in Australia and India because of her impact on the field as well as off it. Congratulations to Ellyse and the entire RCB Team on their well-deserved win in the WPL.

Ellyse Perry Became the New National Crush

After Ellyse Perry’s best performance in WPL 2024, most Indian youths liked her, and her many videos went viral; now she has become a national crush for India;

When Ellyse Perry and the RCB team qualified for the semifinal then, the entire RCB team celebrated their journey where all women’s team wear the party wear dress.

Ellyse Perry wore a Saree, and her video went viral. Many people liked her video and also her playing style.

So, now Ellyse Perry has become the new national crush for India. She is a successful captain for Australia; She has more ICC trophies than all other men. 

Ellyse Perry WPL 2024 Performance

Ellyse Perry produced one of the most comprehensive performances in WPL’s history. She broke records by registering the highest-ever figures (6/15) in the league’s short and then led a tricky run chase in a must-win match against Mumbai Indians with an unbeaten score of 40* out 38.

Hayley Matthews, the Mumbai Indians opener, was also caught at square leg by Ellyse Perry. Is there anything this superwoman cannot do?

Charlotte Edwards (now the Mumbai Indians head coach) called Perry’ the best female player’ in 2019. She repeated it after her team lost to RCB. “

She is a fantastic cricketer and I will still stand by my statement from five years ago. She’s the best player I’ve ever seen, both with the bat and the ball, on the field, and as a human being.”

To her high standard, the 33-year-old had a WPL 2024 season that was incredibly disappointing up until this MI match in Delhi. She had not scored a fifty or more in the six previous games and was wicketless.

The 6/15 was her second five-wicket haul since her WT20I début in 2008. The first five-wicket haul was only achieved in November of last year when Sydney Sixers faced Melbourne Renegades in the WBBL.

In 2023, she played only 14 T20Is and took just six wickets. Two against Pakistan and one each against New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

Since 2021, her bowling workload has dropped dramatically for the Australian team due to an excess of bowling resources within the national setup.

In the last three seasons, she played in just 14 of Australia’s T20I games, the most recent being the match against South Africa earlier this year in Canberra. Perry entered the WPL 2024 but remained without a wicket.

She lost her sparkle in the shorter format. The hallmark of great players is their ability to step up in the moment. That is what Perry did when MI were defending champions.

She made a stunning comeback on March 12 and proved why she is considered the “Greatest of All Time”. She analysed the conditions and then stuck to the basics to destroy the formidable MI batters.

Six of her wickets were bowled (4), and two were LBW. Perry took full advantage of the conditions by bowling 22 of 24 balls on or near the good length. This is the perfect length for the slow Kotla strip.

“Sometimes I feel like I spend years getting walloped all over the place, but then, every so often, it goes my way.”

“I’ve been practising a bit with our coaches at home, and I felt like the conditions were perfect for me tonight. The ball nipped a bit and it was a lot of fun,” Perry said after the game.

The RCB’s management put their trust in the Australians because of that quality. Smriti Mandana, the skipper after the game, also acknowledged this.

“I don’t believe a game could make a bad player. It is just the type of players like Perry. Anyone can score a 100 in a cricket game, and anyone can be eliminated on zero. This is especially true for T20 cricket.

“What’s really important to me is how hard they work behind the scenes. That is what I look at as a captain, regardless of our performance on the field.” You never know if they will succeed if they put in a lot of effort off the pitch.

As a captain, I look at the work ethic and dedication of the players. On-field performance, as with all players, is only a small part. You are the best cricketer, so you’ll have good and bad days, but your work ethic is what I look forward to.

Edwards, a former leading run-scorer for women’s cricket also shared some insight into why players such as Perry have been successful over a long period.

“What I love about Ellyse is that she doesn’t care if she plays club cricket, WPL, or international cricket. She does it the same. That’s something that I really admire.”

Ellyse Perry International Trophy Winning Record

Ellyse Perry has eight World Cup titles (6 – T20Is and 2 – ODI), as well as multiple AshesAshes’ Records and was a goal scorer for the Matildas in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

She also possesses an insatiable hunger for success. On March 15, the WPL 2024 elimination day, she will be leading the way for RCB to take on MI once again for a spot in the final.

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