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"Pretty Awesome To Watch Her Bat": RCB Star Ellyse Perry All-Praise For Richa Ghosh

Veteran all-rounder Ellyse Perry heaped high praise 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 pretty awesome watch while being in awe of the keeper-batter playing with poise and calmness. At the BCA Stadium on Friday evening, Richa made GG pay heavily for dropping her on nought by hitting a 26-ball 64 not out, including hitting captain Ashleigh Gardner for 23 runs in the 16th over to turn the game in RCB's favour and help them start their title defence on a winning note.

Gujarat Giants Eye WPL 2025 Comeback vs UP Warriorz After Loss To RCB

Gujarat Giants will hope their bowlers complement the batters and fielding shows overall improvement after a crushing defeat in the Women's Premier League season opener, when they take on the UP Warriorz here on Sunday. Gujarat Giants produced a unified batting show to set a commanding 202-run target against the defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru but their bowling frailties were exposed in the first game of the season itself when as many as six options also could not contain the opposition batters.

India Legend Mithali Raj Explains How RCB Star Richa Ghosh Was Able To Play WPL 'Blinder'

Former India cricketer Mithali Raj praised Richa Ghosh's stunning knock against Gujarat Giants (GG) in the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 season opener and said that the 21-year-old played a blinder for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Friday. A half-century by Ellyse Perry and audacious ball-striking in death overs by half-centurion Richa Ghosh and Kanika Ahuja helped defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) kickstart their Women's Premier League (WPL) campaign with a massive six-wicket win in Vadodara on Friday.

"Mirror Image Of MS Dhoni": RCB Star Compared To India Great After WPL's Highest Ever Successful Chase

The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 season started off with a bang, as defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) pulled off the highest-ever successful run chase in the history of the tournament, against Gujarat Giants (GG). Chasing 202, RCB seemed to be staring at defeat before a thunderbolt partnership of 93 off just 37 balls between India stars Richa Ghosh and Kanika Ahuja took them over the line with more than an over to spare. Wicket-keeper batter Richa slammed an astonishing 64 off just 27 balls, and earned comparisons from fans to legendary Indian men's wicket-keeper batter MS Dhoni.

Yuzvendra Chahal's Cryptic Post On Valentine's Day: "Don't Let Anyone...". Fans Have Only One Thought

Yuzvendra Chahal, despite being one of the best performing spinners in the T20 format, has been ignored form the Indian cricket team in recent times. The veteran wrist-spinner has 72 ODIs and 80 T20Is taking 121 and 96 wickets respectively. However, the last international match that he played was back in August, 2023. In the current scheme of things, spinners like Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav have been given preference on him. He was not even selected for Champions Trophy 2025.

"This Is Not T20 Or A Party": Jasprit Bumrah's Champions Trophy Replacement Sent Big Warning

While Team India appear to have hit their stride at the right time just ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025 - having battered England 3-0 at home in an ODI series - they will still face the problem of having to replace Jasprit Bumrah during the main tournament. Bumrah, unquestionably India's pace spearhead, has not been able to recover from a back issue in time for the tournament. Former England coach David 'Bumble' Lloyd stated that left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh, set to replace Bumrah in India's playing XI, will have to significantly adjust from T20I cricket to ODI cricket.

Watch: Pakistan Commit Comedy Of Errors vs New Zealand; Make DRS Blunder, Drop Catch

Pakistan cricket was at its unpredictable best during the tri-nation series against New Zealand and South Africa, just ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025. After being thumped by New Zealand in the first game of the tri-series, Pakistan pulled off the incredible, chasing down 353 against South Africa and booking their spot in the final. But in the final, Pakistan flattered to deceive, being well-beaten by New Zealand again. To add to it, they committed a fair few errors as well.

India's Champions Trophy Rivals Decoded: New Zealand Compact, Bangladesh Unpredictable And Pakistan...

Jasprit Bumrah's absence will certainly hurt India big time, but quality of batting and spin bowling will make Rohit Sharma's team one of the title contenders alongside South Africa and Pakistan. India will play Bangladesh on February 20 followed by Pakistan on February 23 and New Zealand on March 2. Here's a SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat) analysis of India's opposition in group stages

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"Pretty Awesome To Watch Her Bat": RCB Star Ellyse Perry All-Praise For Richa Ghosh

Gujarat Giants Eye WPL 2025 Comeback vs UP Warriorz After Loss To RCB

India Legend Mithali Raj Explains How RCB Star Richa Ghosh Was Able To Play WPL 'Blinder'

"Mirror Image Of MS Dhoni": RCB Star Compared To India Great After WPL's Highest Ever Successful Chase

Yuzvendra Chahal's Cryptic Post On Valentine's Day: "Don't Let Anyone...". Fans Have Only One Thought

"This Is Not T20 Or A Party": Jasprit Bumrah's Champions Trophy Replacement Sent Big Warning

Watch: Pakistan Commit Comedy Of Errors vs New Zealand; Make DRS Blunder, Drop Catch

India's Champions Trophy Rivals Decoded: New Zealand Compact, Bangladesh Unpredictable And Pakistan...