NAVI MUMBAI: Indian wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh made history, tying with West Indies star Deandra Dottin for most sixes in a single edition of the ICC Women’s World Cup.

On Sunday, during the ICC Women’s WC final against South Africa, Richa played a vital knock of 34 in 24 balls, with three fours and two sixes. Her knock played a crucial role in pushing the team to the late 290s.

Now, Richa is levelled with Dottin and South Africa’s Lizelle Lee (12) for joint-most sixes in a women’s WC edition. Dottin’s 12 sixes came in the 2013 edition, while Lizelle’s 12 came in the 2017 edition.

During this tournament, Richa has been extremely prolific in the death overs phase from overs 41-50, scoring the most amount of runs, 185 at the best strike rate of 165.17 amongst all batters.

Richa’s de

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