The defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated Mumbai Indians in their closing league match thus denying them a direct spot in the WPL final even though Nat Sciver-Brunt continued her batting glory.
Mumbai Indians all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt maintained her dominant WPL performance by hitting her fourth fifty this season while Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secure a victory against Mumbai Indians with a 200-run target at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The 35-ball 69 knock by Sciver-Brunt propelled MI through most of the match until she reached her fourth season total of 400 runs during her innings.
Sciver-Brunt surpassed Ellyse Perry’s record in the current edition and even in 2024, which was the previous best by any player in a season, to become the first player in WPL history to score 400 runs in a single season. Sciver-Brunt, who averages 69.33 and hits at 151, has been a major contributor to MI’s ability to make it to the WPL playoffs for the third consecutive year.
Most runs in a single edition of WPL
Nat Sciver-Brunt (MI) – 416 runs (8 matches), 2025*
Ellyse Perry (RCB) – 372 runs (8 matches), 2025
Ellyse Perry (RCB) – 347 runs (9 matches), 2024
Meg Lanning (DC) – 347 runs (9 matches), 2023
Nat Sciver-Brunt (MI) – 332 runs (10 matches), 2023
Fought till the end; we go again in the Eliminator…#AaliRe #MumbaiIndians #TATAWPL #MIvRCB pic.twitter.com/DtmBq4DCKl
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 11, 2025On Tuesday night, the Mumbai Indians faced the Royal Challengers Bangalore in a crucial match at their second home ground. A victory would have secured them a direct spot in the final. However, RCB emerged victorious, defeating MI and altering the playoff dynamics. RCB finished the season on a positive note by scoring 199 runs as captain Smriti Mandhana delivered a fifty while Georgia Wareham Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh contributed valuable batting performance.
