Richa Ghosh Creates History, Becomes Fastest Batter In The World To...
Plenty of milestones were reached during India's 24-run win over England in the 2nd T20I held in Bristol on Tuesday.
India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh continues to set new benchmarks. On Tuesday, as Richa top-edged a short delivery from England's Laurn Filer for a boundary in Bristol during the second T20I, she became the quickest batter in the women's T20I to complete 1000 runs in terms of balls faced.
The 21-year-old took 702 deliveries to cross the milestone of 100 runs in women's T20I. Overall, she now has 1029 runs from 64 T20Is (53 innings) at a strike-rate of 143.11.
Ghosh also holds the record for the joint-fastest half-century in women's T20I history alongside Sophie Devine and Phoebe Litchfield with each having taken 18 deliveries to do so.
Among the women's batters with 1000 or more career runs in T20Is, Richa's strike-rate of 143.11 – is the highest.
Overall, Richa is the seventh Indian batter to score 1000 or more runs in the format.
Meanwhile, India have become the first team to beat England in a women's T20I in Bristol. The hosts had won each of their previous five matches at this venue. This is also the first time that England have lost two matches in a five-match bilateral series.
Batting first, India posted a challenging 181/4 in 20 overs after recovering from 31/3. Amanjot Kaur (63*) and Jemimah Rodrigues (63) scored half-centuries for the tourists.
Amanjot, who recorded her maiden T20I fifty, followed her superlative effort with the bat by taking 1/28 from three overs as England were kept to 157/7 as India took a 2-0 lead in the series with a 24-run win. India had recorded a big 97-run win in the series opener with stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana hitting a maiden century. It was England's biggest defeat in the format's history (in terms of run-margin).
'It's new Indian team. Wherever we play, home or away, we are ready to dominate. That was our plan and we did that today," Amanjot said after being adjudged player of match.
The third match will be held on July 4 at The Oval in London.
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July 02, 2025, 10:53 IST
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