Former India cricketer Mithali Raj praised Richa Ghosh’s gorgeous knock in opposition to Gujarat Giants (GG) within the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season opener and stated that the 21-year-old performed a blinder for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Friday. A half-century by Ellyse Perry and audacious ball-striking in dying overs by half-centurion Richa Ghosh and Kanika Ahuja helped defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) kickstart their Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) marketing campaign with a large six-wicket win in Vadodara on Friday.
Chatting with JioHotstar, Mithali stated that Richa supplied strong help to Kanika Ahuja in the course of the run chase. The previous cricketer added that hailed each Kanika and Richa, saying the 2 kids performed “excellent innings”.
“When Richa Ghosh got here in, she had simply misplaced Ellyse Perry, and with Kanika Ahuja on the crease, each had been new batters. They needed to rebuild, particularly with the asking charge over 12 runs per over. Richa Ghosh supplied strong help to Kanika, who could not have hit huge pictures however nonetheless maintained a strike charge of over 200 with well-placed boundaries. That, in flip, allowed Richa to play her pure attacking sport. We have seen her ship impactful knocks for India, and immediately, she performed a blinder for RCB, steering them to victory. Each Kanika and Richa performed excellent innings,” Mithali Raj was quoted in a launch from JioHotstar as saying.
RCB received the toss and elected to subject first. After being put to bat first, GG’s opening pair of Beth Mooney and Laura Wolvaardt took their time in selecting up velocity, with Mooney hitting some boundaries. Nonetheless, Laura was cleaned up by Renuka Thakur for six (10 balls, with one 4) by Renuka Singh.
It was captain Ashleigh Gardner’s unbeaten 79-run knock and Mooney’s 56 runs from 42 balls, which powered the Gujarat-based franchise to 201/5 within the first inning.
Renuka was the decide of the bowlers, conceding simply 25 runs and getting two wickets. Kanika, Wareham and Prerna received one wicket every.
Through the run-chase of 202, RCB openers Mandhana and Danni Wyatt-Hodge began with three fours within the first over, however Gardner pushed them again by eradicating each the openers within the subsequent over.
Later within the second inning, Ellyse Perry (57), Richa Ghosh (64*) and Kanika Ahuja (30*) performed a stupendous knock and chased down the goal in simply 18.3 overs, serving to RCB clinch a 6-wicket triumph on Friday.
Gardner led the Giants’ bowling assault together with her two wickets.
Richa Ghosh was named the ‘Participant of the Match’ following her magnificent knock.
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