Hobart: Young wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh On Friday, she became the seventh Indian cricketer to sign for the upcoming Women’s Big Bash League.WBBL) after joining by him Hobart Hurricanes.
Ghosh is set to make her WBBL debut and has joined Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma (Sydney Thunder), Shafali Verma And Radha Yadav (Sydney Sixers), And Jemima Rodrigues And Harmanpreet Kaur (Melbourne Renegades) will be involved in the 2021 edition of the Australian T20 League.
Ghosh, who celebrates her 18th birthday this week, has a lot of experience playing in Australia.
Before representing India in the format’s flagship tournament, she made her international debut in last year’s Tri-National Women’s T20 series in the lead-up to the ICC T20 World Cup, where she finished as runners-up.
With a T20I strike rate of over 100, Ghosh also made his One Day International debut on Australian soil last month as part of India’s multi-format Australian tour.
“I am very excited to be playing in the WBBL this year,” Ghosh said in a statement posted on the Hobart Hurricanes website.
“I am very grateful to the Hurricanes for this opportunity, and I look forward to coming to Tasmania and meeting my new teammates.”
Ghosh has been roped in as the replacement for Lizelle Lee, who withdrew from the tournament recently, citing the need to take an indefinite break from cricket after countless overseas tournaments, bubbles and quarantine requirements.
Ghosh is set to make her WBBL debut and has joined Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma (Sydney Thunder), Shafali Verma And Radha Yadav (Sydney Sixers), And Jemima Rodrigues And Harmanpreet Kaur (Melbourne Renegades) will be involved in the 2021 edition of the Australian T20 League.
Ghosh, who celebrates her 18th birthday this week, has a lot of experience playing in Australia.
Before representing India in the format’s flagship tournament, she made her international debut in last year’s Tri-National Women’s T20 series in the lead-up to the ICC T20 World Cup, where she finished as runners-up.
With a T20I strike rate of over 100, Ghosh also made his One Day International debut on Australian soil last month as part of India’s multi-format Australian tour.
“I am very excited to be playing in the WBBL this year,” Ghosh said in a statement posted on the Hobart Hurricanes website.
“I am very grateful to the Hurricanes for this opportunity, and I look forward to coming to Tasmania and meeting my new teammates.”
Ghosh has been roped in as the replacement for Lizelle Lee, who withdrew from the tournament recently, citing the need to take an indefinite break from cricket after countless overseas tournaments, bubbles and quarantine requirements.
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