You cannot all the time blame prime order, one match would not outline them: Richa Ghosh

The Indian girls’s cricket group’s mis-firing prime order batters have been defended by its wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh, who mentioned that the scratchy outings within the ongoing ODI World Cup don’t outline them.

Despite taking part in on a slightly easy-paced observe, India’s prime batters failed to fireside for the third successive time within the World Cup because the group misplaced by three wickets to South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Thursday (October 9, 2025).

The facet was reeling at 102 for six after Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues fell in fast succession. Ghosh (94) then repaired the innings within the firm of tail-end batters to take India to 251, however South Africa scaled the goal in a tense chase.

“First, about the top order — they’re all very good players. One match doesn’t define them. Anything can happen in cricket; it’s our job to do our best every time. You can’t always put the blame on the top order,” mentioned Ghosh within the post-match press convention.

“Secondly, we by no means gave up on the match — we performed until the final ball and tried to get as many runs as potential.”

“I think the turning point came in Kranti’s over — that one six and one four she [Nadine de Klerk] hit really changed the momentum. Otherwise, everything was under control. We kept playing good shots till the end,” she added.

Ghosh mentioned the group will evaluate the end result, but it surely has not affected its confidence forward of the essential match in opposition to Australia on Sunday.

“We’ll sit down and evaluate — see what went effectively, the place we are able to enhance, and the way we are able to continue learning on daily basis. There’ll be a gathering for that. One recreation received’t change our mindset.”

“We’ll plan things step by step during practice sessions and stay positive. Whatever lessons we got from this match, we’ll carry them forward,” she famous.

The match may not have gone in India’s favour, however Ghosh displayed her adaptive expertise throughout her 77-ball knock. The 22-year-old needed to make some fast runs at loss of life in opposition to Pakistan in Colombo, however right here she needed to knuckle down and rescue her facet in opposition to South Africa.

Ghosh was delighted to carry out each the roles for the group.

“When I went in to bat, a couple of wickets had already fallen, so I needed to construct a partnership. I used to be discussing with Amanjot [Kaur] how we may take the innings deep and construct from there.

“Even with Sneh [Rana], it was the same — how to make a partnership and, if we got the chance, to go for our shots,” she mentioned.

Ghosh added 51 runs for the seventh wicket with Amanjot, after which milked 88 runs for the eighth wicket with Rana as India recovered to submit a combating whole which was in the end not sufficient.

“I by no means actually plan something. I simply look forward to my alternative. Whatever scenario I get, I attempt to adapt and place myself in keeping with that.”

“That’s my job. I just think that however many overs are left, I’ll try to play through and finish the match,” she mentioned.

So, how totally different is it to don the position of a finisher after taking part in up within the batting order within the preliminary phases of her profession?

“I don’t suppose a lot about my batting order — it doesn’t matter whether or not I are available in early or late. Whatever alternative I get, I attempt to benefit from it. I don’t suppose I modified something from my regular recreation.”

“If the ball was in my zone, I went for the shot; if not, I tried to rotate the strike as much as possible And because everyone trusts me, I think that gave me confidence too,” she detailed.