Indian cricketer (born 2003)
Richa Ghosh (born 28 September 2003) is an Indian cricketer .[ 1] [ 2] In January 2020, at the age of 16, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Later in the same month, she was also named in India's squad for the 2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series .[ 7] On 12 February 2020, she made her WT20I debut for India, against Australia , in the final of the tri-series.[ 8] In May 2021, she was awarded a central contract for the first time.[ 9]
In August 2021, Ghosh was called up to the national team,[ 10] for their series against Australia .[ 11] She was named in India's squad for the one-off women's Test match and Women's One Day International (WODI) matches.[ 12] She made her WODI debut on 21 September 2021, for India against Australia .[ 13]
She played for the Hobart Hurricanes in the 2021–22 Women's Big Bash League season .[ 14] In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[ 15]
Ghosh was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹1.90 crore for the 2023 Women's Premier League .[ 16] In December 2023, she was named in India's squad for their series against Australia .[ 17] She made her Women's Test debut for India on 21 December 2023, scoring 52 runs in the first innings and 13 in the second.[ 18]
She was named in the India squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup .[ 19]
References
^ "Richa Ghosh" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .
^ "20 women cricketers for the 2020s" . The Cricket Monthly . Retrieved 24 November 2020 .
^ "Siliguri's 16-Year-Old Richa Ghosh New Entrant For Women's World Cup" . She the People . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .
^ "Never thought things will happen so fast, says teenager Richa Ghosh" . Times of India . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .
^ "Meet Richa Ghosh, the new 'Girl in Blue' " . Sportstar . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .
^ "World Cup-bound at just 16, Siliguri's Richa Ghosh fulfils her father's dream" . New Indian Express . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .
^ "India Squad for Women's T20 World Cup 2020 Announced" . Female Cricket . Retrieved 15 January 2020 .
^ "Australia Women vs India Women final, Australia tri-nation womens T20 Series 2019–20" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 12 February 2020 .
^ "India Women central contracts: Shafali Verma promoted, Ekta Bisht dropped" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 19 May 2021 .
^ "Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur earn maiden call-ups; uncapped Yastika Bhatia returns for Australia tour" . Women's CricZone . Retrieved 24 August 2021 .
^ "India Women's squad for one-off Test, ODI and T20I series against Australia announced" . Board of Control for Cricket in India . Retrieved 24 August 2021 .
^ "India Women call up Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia, Renuka Singh for Australia tour" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 24 August 2021 .
^ "1st ODI, Mackay, Sep 21 2021, India Women tour of Australia" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 September 2021 .
^ Sportstar, Team. "WBBL 2021: From Harmanpreet Kaur to Smriti Mandhana - Full list of Indian signings" . Sportstar . Retrieved 27 October 2021 .
^ "Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia break into India's World Cup squad" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 6 January 2022 .
^ Tripathi, Prabal, ed. (14 February 2023). "WPL Auctions: Richa Ghosh most expensive among Indian wicketkeepers, sold to RCB for 1.90 crore" . The Hindustan times . Retrieved 14 February 2023 .
^ "Team India (Senior Women) squad for England T20Is and two Tests announced" . Board of Control for Cricket in India . Retrieved 2 December 2023 .
^ "India (W) vs AUS WMN, Australia Women in India, Only Test, December 21 - 24, 2023" . ESPNcricinfo . 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023 .
^ "India's squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 announced" . Board of Control for Cricket in India . Retrieved 3 October 2024 .
External links
Media related to Richa Ghosh at Wikimedia Commons