Teen sensation Richa Ghosh will play in the Women’s T20 Challenge Trophy cricket tournament to be held at UAE early next month.
A complete package, the 17-year-old who made her Team India debut last year, bats, is a wicket-keeper and a medium-pace bowler.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which will host the tournament from November 4 to 9, on Sunday announced names of 45 women cricketers to play in three teams, Supernova, Trailblazers and Velocity.
According to the BCCI announcement, Richa will represent Trailblazers led by Smriti Mandhana, who in 2018 was named the Best Women’s International Cricketer by the BCCI.
Mithali Raj, former Indian skipper of the women’s team, will lead Velocity. Harmanpreet Kaur, the present captain of Indian women team, will lead Supernova.
“I came to know about her (Richa’s) selection in one of the teams for the upcoming women’s challenge trophy on Sunday afternoon. What I learnt from her is that all the players will congregate in Mumbai on October 13 where they will be in week-long quarantine. The teams will leave for UAE on October 22,” Manabendra Ghosh, Richa’s father and former cricketer, said on Sunday.
He added: “She has been in Calcutta since September 29 but has not started formal practice. These days, she is doing physical training under the guidelines of the Cricket Association of Bengal.”
Among others in the Trailblazers team is another ace cricketer from Bengal Jhulan Goswami. Deepti Sharma and Rajeshwari Gayakwad are some of the prominent faces in Trailblazers.
