Indian cricketer (born 2003)
Richa Ghosh (Bengali : রিচা ঘোষ; born 28 September 2003) is an Indian cricketer . In January 2020, at the age of 16, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup . Later in the same month, she was also named in India's squad for the 2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series . On 12 February 2020, she made her WT20I debut for India, against Australia , in the final of the tri-series. In May 2021, she was awarded a central contract for the first time.
In August 2021, Ghosh was called up to the national team, for their series against Australia . She was named in India's squad for the one-off women's Test match and Women's One Day International (WODI) matches. She made her WODI debut on 21 September 2021, for India against Australia .
She played for the Hobart Hurricanes in the 2021–22 Women's Big Bash League season . In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
Ghosh was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹1.90 crore for the 2023 Women's Premier League . In December 2023, she was named in India's squad for their series against Australia . 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.
She was named in the India squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup .
On 19 December 2024, Richa Ghosh scored the joint fastest-fifty in women's T20Is taking India to their highest-ever total in the format during 3rd T20I vs West Indies Women's.
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.Bharat, E. T. V. (20 December 2024). "Richa Ghosh Records Joint-Fastest Fifty In Women T20I Cricket" . ETV Bharat News . Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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Ghosh batting for India during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
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