Why did the Mumbai Indians captain have to close his ears because of Ellyse Perry? Shocking incident in WPL
The second phase of WPL 2025 has started. After 6 matches in Vadodara, now 8 matches will be played in Bengaluru. The first match of the second phase was played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday 22 February. During this, a surprising sight was seen. Actually, RCB fans had reached M Chinnaswamy Stadium in large numbers to support their team. They made so much noise for their team player Alice Perry that Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur could not tolerate it and had to close her ears. So much support for an Australian all-rounder in WPL was surprising. This is not usually seen in women's cricket.
Fans supported Perry
Batting first for RCB, captain Smriti Mandhana had a stormy start. But in the third over itself, she was out after scoring 26 runs in 13 balls. After this, Alice Perry came to bat at number 3. But then RCB lost wickets in a flurry. 4 batsmen returned to the pavilion at a score of just 57 runs. Despite this, Perry kept scoring runs rapidly from one end. She had scored 37 runs in just 22 balls. Seeing her batting like this in trouble, RCB fans came out in her support and started cheering and making noise just before the 14th over.
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On their home ground, RCB fans tried their best to ensure that Mumbai does not put any pressure on their team. That is why they started chanting 'RCB RCB' in the stadium. The noise was so loud that even Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur was surprised. The Mumbai captain standing on the boundary had to close her ears. Not only this, the commentator told that Richa Ghosh, who was batting with Perry, had also closed her ears.
Perry played a stormy innings
Alice Perry came to bat in the third over. After this, she stayed till the last over. Amidst the continuous fall of wickets, she played a brilliant innings of 81 runs in 43 balls at a strike rate of 188. During this, Perry also hit 11 fours and 2 sixes. She not only took her team out of trouble but also took the score to 167.
However, his stormy innings did not work. Mumbai Indians chased this target with one ball to spare. For Mumbai, captain Harmanpreet played an important innings of 50 runs in 38 balls. At the same time, Nat Seward Brunt scored 42 runs in 21 balls.