Young India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh hit the jackpot on the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 public sale earlier this month, with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) bringing her house for Rs 1.9 crores. Ghosh will now wish to stake her claims within the first-ever WPL which will get underway in Mumbai on Saturday (March 4).
Richa Ghosh is just 19, however the confidence and maturity she has is putting. “I enjoy performing under pressure,” Ghosh mentioned in an episode of ‘Know Your Stars’, accessible on JioCinema, main as much as the Women’s Premier League (WPL).
Not simply the Bangalore-franchise however most followers might be maintaining a tally of this participant from Siliguri by way of the inaugural season. Ghosh struggled to seek out supporters for her cricketing aspirations initially, however her father’s willpower ensured she fought her means by way of the ranks and entered nationwide reckoning by the age of 16.
“When she started playing, I just thought it would be good for her fitness. I was also around so I could watch over her during my own practice sessions. I suggested table tennis to her, and I took her to the local academy for a trial. She hit a couple of balls and put the racquet down and said, ‘I will only play cricket’,” revealed Richa’s father, Manabendra Ghosh, on the present.
Ghosh, who was a part of the staff that gained the 2023 U-19 T20 World Cup additionally make clear her struggles to make it massive within the sport. “In the beginning, not a lot of people from Siliguri supported me. I was not getting a chance to break through in my district… The difficulties they (my parents) endured from people during those times… today the same people come and socialize with them. My parents are happy that whoever troubled them then are the ones coming now to enquire about her.”
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Such was Ghosh household’s dedication to fulfil their daughter’s desires that Manabendra offered his enterprise to help her profession. “I didn’t want to make an excuse that because I was busy running the business which brought us income, I could not support her career. Now that I shut down my source of livelihood, I am free, so wherever she needs to go, I can accompany her,” he defined.
Now that Ghosh has turn out to be one of the sought-after gamers, she needs to make the most of the cash correctly. “I want to buy a flat in Kolkata where my family can settle down and enjoy their lives because they’ve struggled a lot. My father still umpires games and after this (WPL), I don’t want him to work. From now, me and my sister, both of us will work hard and let out parents enjoy their life.”
She spoke of her admiration for large hitters. “I used to really like players who hit sixes to win matches. I felt like I also wanted to hit those shots,” mentioned Ghosh. Well, she is going to get ample alternatives to fulfil this want throughout the WPL!”
The 19-year-old has turned out in 35 T20I video games until date and scored 563 runs at a median of 26.8 and a strike-rate of 133.41. She was additionally a part of the U19 World Cup-winning staff below the captaincy of Shafali Verma.
