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Richa Ghosh in motion throughout WPL 2025.© AFP
Veteran all-rounder Ellyse Perry heaped excessive reward on Richa Ghosh for smashing an unbeaten 64 in Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) chasing 202 and beating Gujarat Giants (GG) by six wickets, saying her knock made for a reasonably superior watch whereas being in awe of the keeper-batter taking part in with poise and tranquility. On the BCA Stadium on Friday night, Richa made GG pay closely for dropping her on nought by hitting a 26-ball 64 not out, together with hitting captain Ashleigh Gardner for 23 runs within the sixteenth over to show the sport in RCB’s favour and assist them begin their title defence on a successful notice.
“Richa, she does it with so much poise and calmness. It’s pretty awesome to watch. You just feel like every time the ball is on her side, she puts it over the rope and does that more often than not. That was an amazing way from her to finish the game,” mentioned Ellyse in a video posted on the event’s X account on Saturday.
Left-handed batting all-rounder Kanika Ahuja additionally shined by hitting an unbeaten 13-ball 30, as she and Richa shared a fifth-wicket stand of 93 off simply 37 balls. “It was so great for Kanika as well. She missed last year due to injury, so for her to come back and make an immediate impact for the group was superb,” added Ellyse.
Ellyse also made 57 with the bat to set the early foundation for RCB’s chase, but what left people surprised was her dropping Deandra Dottin’s catch. “Sometimes these things happen. No one means to drop a catch, but there’s always a next opportunity to make a difference for the team,” she said.
Ellyse signed off by saying upcoming matches of WPL 2025 will see lots of tall chases being aced by teams batting second. “It’s only going to be the first of quite a few chases that is going to be big this year. This had a feeling to it, and I do think we got the best of the conditions batting second.”
“We had to make the most of that and we did it really well. There will be entertaining cricket from every team in this competition and I am just pleased to be a part of it,” she concluded.
RCB will subsequent face the Delhi Capitals of their second league match in Vadodara on February 17.
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