Women’s T20 World Cup: Why Richa Ghosh should bat higher than No.7 | Cricket News
At 110/4 in the 15th over, India had steadied themselves after an early stumble in their T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan at Edgbaston on Sunday. The innings was moving, but not at the pace they would have wanted. Harmanpreet Kaur had struggled to find fluency, and India still needed someone to convert a rebuilding phase into something more decisive. Bharti Fulmali’s promotion to number five had not yielded the desired impact, leaving a familiar gap in the middle order just as the innings entered its final phase. It meant the responsibility of turning a competitive score after 20 overs into a match-winning one fell once again on Richa Ghosh’s shoulders. The 22-year-old responded in a manner that has increasingly come to define her value to this side. In a brief 17-ball stay, she struck 34 runs and ensured India finished strong and carried momentum into the innings break. The crucial impact came in Tasmia Rubab’s 19th over, where she made 18 of the 23 runs scored and offered a glimpse of her full range …
