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Cricket · Right-handed wicketkeeper-batter; right-arm medium listed
Richa Ghosh
Richa Ghosh is an Indian wicketkeeper-batter whose rapid rise runs from Bengal cricket to India, the WPL and World Cup milestones.
IndiaBorn 28 September 2003
Current statusActive India international; the public ESPNcricinfo profile lists international matches through 2026, with India and franchise-team context, as of 8 November 2026.
The verified profile
Richa Manabendra Ghosh is an Indian right-handed wicketkeeper-batter from Siliguri, West Bengal. She entered Bengal's senior side as a teenager, made her India debut at 16 in the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup and built a role that combines lower-order hitting with wicketkeeping. Her documented record includes an Under-19 World Cup title, a WPL 2024 championship season and senior World Cup contributions.
Factual references: Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8How to read the player
Ghosh's value comes from how her two disciplines reinforce each other. Keeping gives India a specialist role without sacrificing a powerful late-innings hitter, while her work on grounded strokes and strike rotation has made her approach more adaptable across Tests, ODIs and T20s. The public record shows a player whose technical growth is tied to changing team needs rather than one fixed batting position.
Original analysis by SportsHub4U research deskCareer, life and public work
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Women's Tests
ESPNcricinfo career-table snapshot accessed 8 November 2026; Women's Tests only.
Women's ODIs
ESPNcricinfo career-table snapshot accessed 8 November 2026; Women's ODIs only.
Women's T20Is
ESPNcricinfo career-table snapshot accessed 8 November 2026; Women's T20Is only.
Women's ODIs
ESPNcricinfo career-table snapshot accessed 8 November 2026; Women's ODIs only.
Women's T20Is
ESPNcricinfo career-table snapshot accessed 8 November 2026; Women's T20Is only.
RCB-WPL
ESPNcricinfo tournament snapshot accessed 8 November 2026; WPL career shown for RCB-W.
2025 RCB chase
ESPNcricinfo feature account of RCB against Gujarat Giants; event year 2025.
2022 New Zealand series
ESPNcricinfo feature; Richa Ghosh versus New Zealand in Queenstown.
2022 Women's ODI World Cup
ESPNcricinfo feature; India's opener against Pakistan.
2025 Women's ODI World Cup
ESPNcricinfo profile snapshot; tournament performances, not a live aggregate.
Personal background
Richa Manabendra Ghosh was born on 28 September 2003 in Siliguri, West Bengal. ESPNcricinfo describes a cricket-first childhood: she accompanied her father to club matches, joined the club and played with boys because Siliguri district did not yet have a girls' team. Question: What is Richa Ghosh's age? Answer: She was 23 on 8 November 2026, based on her 28 September 2003 birth date. The age is a dated calculation, while the birth date comes from ESPNcricinfo's player profile. Her public sporting background is enough to explain the route into Bengal cricket; private family and education details are not added.
Professional journey
Ghosh reached Bengal's senior women's team at 14 and was initially used as a batter who could also keep wicket or bowl medium pace. India selected her for the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup, where she made her T20I debut at 16. Question: At what age did Richa Ghosh debut? Answer: She made her India T20I debut at 16 during the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup. ESPNcricinfo's match table dates the debut to 12 February 2020 against Australia in Melbourne, while the ICC profile confirms 2020 as the start of her international career. She later became a regular keeper-batter, added an ODI debut in 2021 and a Test debut in 2023, while franchise cricket widened her experience through RCB and other franchise teams.
Playing career and stats
The ESPNcricinfo snapshot accessed on 8 November 2026 lists 4 Women's Tests, 54 Women's ODIs and 88 Women's T20Is. It records 225 Test runs, 1,208 ODI runs and 1,333 T20I runs, along with a WPL record of 814 runs in 35 matches. Question: What are Richa Ghosh's stats? Answer: The cited snapshot lists 225 Test runs, 1,208 ODI runs, 1,333 T20I runs and 814 WPL runs. It also records 36 ODI catches and 9 stumpings, plus 41 T20I catches and 37 stumpings. Question: How many international centuries has Richa Ghosh scored? Answer: The retained ESPNcricinfo snapshot text gives format totals and high scores but does not state an international-century count. No verified total is supplied here. Question: What is Richa Ghosh's highest score? Answer: The fetched international snapshot lists 86 in Women's Tests, 96 in Women's ODIs and 64 not out in Women's T20Is. Her WPL snapshot lists a high score of 90. The format totals are the dated page snapshot; they are not presented as a live career counter. Her WPL 2024 title campaign and 2025 World Cup performances add context to the totals.
Playing style
Ghosh gives India a right-handed wicketkeeper-batter who can attack from the middle or lower middle order. ESPNcricinfo's 2025 interview describes a deliberate adjustment: she kept the power game but worked on grounded strokes, strike rotation and reading spin and pace. That matters because a finisher cannot rely on sixes alone when the required rate, field and bowling plan change. Her keeping adds value between overs and lets India carry a late-innings hitter without treating the gloves as a separate specialist job.
Setbacks and comebacks
The public record shows development rather than a single dramatic injury comeback. In 2021, Ghosh struggled in the field against South Africa while playing as a specialist batter. India then gave her the gloves, and she responded with growing responsibility on the England tour, in an Australia warm-up and at the 2022 World Cup. The five-dismissal Pakistan performance and the 26-ball ODI fifty illustrate two sides of the same adjustment: improving the keeping role while preserving the batting impact.
Post-playing work
Ghosh remains an active international cricketer in this dated snapshot, so a post-playing career is not applicable. ESPNcricinfo lists India matches through 2026 and public franchise-team context. No coaching, administrative appointment or retirement plan is asserted. Her RCB podcast appearance is a current-player interview, not evidence of a separate post-playing occupation.
Public ventures
The reviewed sources document Ghosh's cricket teams, public interviews and official player pages, but they do not establish a verified business, foundation, endorsement portfolio, salary or net-worth figure. That is why this dossier does not manufacture an answer to salary-related searches. A public athlete profile should distinguish a team contract or tournament appearance from an independently verified venture; the available evidence supports the former, not the latter.
Career timeline
Selected verified milestones
- Born in Siliguri
Born in Siliguri, West Bengal.
ESPNcricinfo - Bengal senior debut
Made Bengal's senior women's team at 14 and developed as a frontline batter.
ESPNcricinfo - India T20I debut
Made her India T20I debut against Australia in Melbourne during the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup.
ESPNcricinfo - Concussion-substitute first
Became the first concussion substitute in a T20 World Cup final.
ESPNcricinfo - India ODI debut
Made her ODI debut against Australia at Mackay and finished unbeaten on 32 from 29 balls.
ESPNcricinfo - Fast ODI fifty
Hit the fastest ODI fifty by an India Women player at that point, off 26 balls against New Zealand.
ESPNcricinfo - World Cup keeping record
Made five dismissals against Pakistan in her Women's ODI World Cup debut.
ESPNcricinfo - Under-19 World Cup title
Won India's Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup title in 2023.
ESPNcricinfo - Test debut
Made her Test debut against Australia at Wankhede.
ESPNcricinfo - WPL championship season
Contributed 257 runs and 13 wicketkeeping dismissals to RCB's WPL 2024 title campaign.
ESPNcricinfo - Finisher role sharpened
Scored 64 not out from 27 balls in RCB's successful WPL 2025 chase of 202 against Gujarat Giants.
ESPNcricinfo
Achievement index
Source-linked reference points
First concussion substitute in a T20 World Cup final
Became the first-ever concussion substitute in a T20 World Cup final for India on 8 March 2020.
Fastest India Women's ODI fifty at the time
Reached fifty from 26 balls against New Zealand in Queenstown on 22 February 2022.
Five dismissals on Women's World Cup debut
Effected five dismissals against Pakistan in India's 2022 ODI World Cup opener, a record-setting debut for a wicketkeeper at a women's 50-over global event.
Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup winner
Was part of India's title-winning under-19 World Cup side in 2023.
WPL 2024 champion with RCB
Helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru win the WPL 2024 title with 257 runs and 13 wicketkeeping dismissals in the profile snapshot.
WPL 2025 chase innings
Scored 64 not out from 27 balls in RCB's successful chase of 202 against Gujarat Giants, including a 23-run over against Ashleigh Gardner.
Senior World Cup impact in 2025
The ESPNcricinfo profile records 94 against South Africa in the league phase and 34 from 24 balls in India's final.
Sources and method
What supports this profile
SportsHub4U writes verified facts in original language and links to the source pages used. Each link records the evidence reviewed for this dossier.
- 01ESPNcricinfo
Richa Ghosh Profile, Stats & Records
Accessed 2026-11-08 - 02ESPNcricinfo
The Richa Ghosh story: from part-time keeper to World Cup record-breaker
Accessed 2026-11-08 - 03ESPNcricinfo
Why dynamic dynamo Richa Ghosh will be key to India's World Cup chances
Accessed 2026-11-08 - 04International Cricket Council
Richa Ghosh | Player Profile
Accessed 2026-11-08 - 05Royal Challengers Bengaluru
RCB Podcast: I didn't know I had been selected - Richa Ghosh recalls her 2020 T20 World Cup squad call-up
Accessed 2026-11-08 - 06International Cricket Council
First-ever ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup wide open
Accessed 2026-11-08 - 07SportsHub4U
SportsHub4U player directory
Accessed 2026-11-08 - 08SportsHub4U
Smriti Mandhana | SportsHub4U published player profile
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