West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that a new cricket stadium in Darjeeling will be named after India’s 2025 Women’s World Cup hero, Richa Ghosh. The move comes as a tribute to the 22-year-old Siliguri-born cricketer, who played a pivotal role in guiding India to their historic title win earlier this month.

The Chief Minister made the announcement during a felicitation event in honour of Richa, highlighting that Bengal wants to ensure her achievements are remembered for generations.

“Richa became a world champion at just 22. On behalf of the West Bengal government, we honoured her, but I want to do more. There’s about 27 acres of land in

Darjeeling, and I’ve asked the mayor to plan a cricket stadium there. It should be named the Richa Cricket Stadium so that people

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