Women’s Big Bash League: Teen wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh signed by Hobart Hurricanes

Young wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh on Friday became the seventh Indian cricketer to be picked for the upcoming Women’s Big Bash League and will play for the Hobart Hurricanes.

The 18-year-old is set to make her WBBL debut and has joined Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma (Sydney Thunder), Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav (Sydney Sixers), and Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur (Melbourne Renegades) to feature in the 2021 edition of the Australian T20 league.

How exciting is this! Indian young gun Richa Ghosh – who’s been awesome to watch during #AUSvIND – has signed with the @HurricanesBBL!

Details: https://t.co/fpRz0mgvWB #WBBL07 pic.twitter.com/V1EZkmlHWo

— Weber Women’s Big Bash League (@WBBL) October 1, 2021

Ghosh, who celebrated her 18th birthday this week, has a wealth of experience playing in Australia. She made her international debut at last year’s Tri-National Women’s T20 series in the lead-up to the ICC T20 World Cup and was part of the team that finished as runners-up.

With a T20I strike rate in excess of 100, Ghosh also made her One-Day International debut on Australian soil last month, as part of India’s multi-format Australian tour.

“I’m very excited to be playing in the WBBL this year,” Ghosh said in a statement posted on Hobart Hurricanes website.

“I’m very thankful to the Hurricanes for this opportunity, and I’m looking forward…

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