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Endurance: Richa displayed nerves of metal as she fought via ache within the final conflict. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI
Richa Ghosh contributed 235 runs in eight innings at a strike charge of 133.52 in India’s victorious run on the lately concluded Women’s ODI World Cup. But unbeknownst to many, 60 of these runs, together with the aforementioned 9 boundaries, got here within the knockouts whereas Richa was battling via a throbbing ache in her finger.
“The center finger of her left hand had a hairline fracture forward of the semifinal, but she batted via it. She endured that ache, and that tells us about her immense psychological energy,” revealed Shib Shankar Paul, Richa’s senior Bengal crew coach.
Richa sustained the damage whereas accumulating a Renuka Singh supply behind the stumps throughout the recreation in opposition to New Zealand.
Shib Shankar, lovingly known as Maco da in Bengal cricketing circles, began coaching Richa when she was 13. Since then, he says he has introduced her up like “my very own daughter.”
On Monday, the present Bengal males’s fast-bowling coach was seen on a video name with Richa proper after stumps at a Ranji Trophy recreation in Agartala.
After the decision, Shib Shankar shared a little bit of how their very own dialog went whereas he was climbing up the steps of the Maharaja Bir Bikram Stadium.
“I congratulated her. Of course, she hasn’t slept all the evening. None of the opposite crew members have. It has been an extended wait of 52 years.
“This second gained’t come again. It’s a unique feeling altogether… celebrations are so as, clearly, as soon as she is again”.
Published – November 04, 2025 10:29 pm IST
