Richa Ghosh

Richa Ghosh

Personal information
Born	(2003-09-28) 28 September 2003 (age 22) Siliguri, West Bengal, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Wicket-keeper batter
International information
National side	India (2020–present)
Test debut(cap  94)	21 December 2023 v  Australia
Last Test	28 June 2024 v  South Africa
ODI debut(cap  133)	21 September 2021 v  Australia
Last ODI	2 November 2025 v  South Africa
ODI shirt no.	13
T20I debut(cap  65)	12 February 2020 v  Australia
Last T20I	23 February 2023 v  Australia
T20I shirt no.	13
Domestic team information
Years	Team

Women's cricket
Representing   India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner	2025 India
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up	2020 Australia
Asian Games
	2022 Hangzhou
ACC Asia Cup
Winner	2022 Bangladesh
Runner-up	2024 Sri Lanka
ICC U19 T20 World Cup
Winner	2023 South Africa

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 June 2024

Richa Ghosh (born 28 September 2003) is an Indian international cricketer, who plays in the women's national cricket team as a wicket-keeper- batter. ^[1] She represents Bengal in domestic cricket and plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Women's Premier League. Ghosh was part of the Indian team that won the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup, 2022 Women's Asia Cup, and gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games.

Career

In 2020, at the age of 16, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 T20 World Cup. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Later in the same month, she was also named in India's squad for the 2020 Tri-Nation Series. ^[5] On 12 February 2020, she made her T20I debut for India, against Australia, in the final of the tri-series. ^[6] In May 2021, she was awarded a central contract for the first time. ^[7]

In August 2021, Ghosh was called up to the national team, ^[8] for their series against Australia. ^[9] She was named in India's squad for the one-off Test match and ODI matches. ^[10] She made her ODI debut on 21 September 2021 against Australia. ^[11]

She played for the Hobart Hurricanes in the 2021–22 Big Bash League season. ^[12] In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the 2022 ODI World Cup in New Zealand. ^[13]

Ghosh was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹1.90 crore for the 2023 Women's Premier League. ^[14] In December 2023, she was named in India's squad for their series against Australia. ^[15] She made her Test debut for India on 21 December 2023, scoring 52 runs in the first innings and 13 in the second. ^[16] She was named in the India squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup. ^[17]

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. ^[18]

Ghosh represented India at the 2025 World Cup. In the match against South Africa she scored 94 to recover the innings from 102/6, this innings broke the Women's ODI record for highest score by a number 8 batter. ^{[19] [20]}

References

1. "Richa Ghosh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
2. "Never thought things will happen so fast, says teenager Richa Ghosh". Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
3. "Meet Richa Ghosh, the new 'Girl in Blue'". Sportstar. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
4. "World Cup-bound at just 16, Siliguri's Richa Ghosh fulfils her father's dream". New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
5. "India Squad for Women's T20 World Cup 2020 Announced". Female Cricket. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
6. "Australia Women vs India Women final, Australia tri-nation womens T20 Series 2019–20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
7. "India Women central contracts: Shafali Verma promoted, Ekta Bisht dropped". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
8. "Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur earn maiden call-ups; uncapped Yastika Bhatia returns for Australia tour". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
9. "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.
10. "India Women call up Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia, Renuka Singh for Australia tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
11. "1st ODI, Mackay, Sep 21 2021, India Women tour of Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
12. Sportstar, Team. "WBBL 2021: From Harmanpreet Kaur to Smriti Mandhana - Full list of Indian signings". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
13. "Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia break into India's World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
14. 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.
15. "Team India (Senior Women) squad for England T20Is and two Tests announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
16. "India (W) vs AUS WMN, Australia Women in India, Only Test, December 21 - 24, 2023". ESPNcricinfo. 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
17. "India's squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
18. Bharat, E. T. V. (20 December 2024). "Richa Ghosh Records Joint-Fastest Fifty In Women T20I Cricket". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
19. Moonda, Firdose (9 October 2025). "De Klerk upstages Ghosh as South Africa win thriller". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
20. "Most runs in an innings (by batting position) in WODIs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2025.

External links

Media related to Richa Ghosh at Wikimedia Commons

• Richa Ghosh  at ESPNcricinfo