Wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh was roped in by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for a whopping amount of INR ꦬ1.90 crore at the 2023 WPL Auction in Mumbai on 🧔Monday, February 13.
RCB a🎃lso acquired the services of Smriti Mandhana for INR 3.40 crore, the highest for any player in the inaug☂ural WPL Auction.
Ghost, who is currently in South Africa with the Indian team for the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup, is eyeing to buy a flat in Kolkata with the WPL money and wants her parents to settle down there.
“All my parents wanted me to achieve was to play for India. I want to captain my team and win a major trophy for India,” the 19-year-ol✱d said in her ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrecent interview to RCB.
“I want to buy a flat in Kolkata. I want my mother and father to settle down there. I want them to enjoy their life now.
“They have struggled a lot in their life, and they have worked hard a lot for me. Even now, my father does umpire. After the auction, I hope he doesn’t have to work so hard,” she added.
After making her intern꧙ational debut in January 2020, Richa has so far played 31 T20Is, scoring 458 runs at a staggering strike rate of over ꧒135. Also, she has 311 runs to her name in 11 ODIs.
