Richa Ghosh has always been fearless. As a kid, she would climb up trees so she could watch her father, Manabendra Ghosh, play cricket. It’s a trait that would later become an intrinsic part of her personality and, more importantly, style of play. The young wicketkeeper-batter, hailing from Siliguri (West Bengal), is today widely acknowledged as one of the most explosive batters in women’s cricket.

At the age of 22, Richa has become a world champion with the Indian cricket team. She was intrinsic to the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side’s memorable campaign at home as they downed Australia in the semi-final before besting title-favourites South Africa in the title clash to create history at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on Sunday night.In the final, she stitched together a typically aggressive k

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