Watch: Another Indian women cricketer inflicts extraordinary run out in WBBL
Indian women cricketers have set the WBBL alight with their fielding efforts
The Indian women cricketers are lighting up the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) with some extraordinary fielding efforts. Today, it was the second day in a row where an India fielder pulled off a brilliant direct hit from a difficult position to catch an opposition batter short of the crease and changed the game.
Yesterday, it was Shafali Verma who did it while playing for Sydney Sixers, and today it was Richa Ghosh who caught Sophie Molineux short of the crease while playing for Hobart Hurricanes.
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Richa, who is generally a wicket-keeper, but was fielding at the mid-off position in this WBBL game against Melbourne Renegades, actually tried to pull off a wonderful diving catch first as the Renegades opener Jemimah Rodrigues tried to loft one over the circle.
However, the catch was a very difficult one and could not be completed. Richa, being as smart as ever, was still very quick onto the ball. Just as she realized that Jemimah’s opening partner Molineux was a little slow to get back for the second run, she threw at the non-striker’s end from a considerable distance and hit the stumps direct.
Indian stars making some incredible run-outs in WBBL. First, Shafali. Now, Richa. pic.twitter.com/BiokvdmIcZ
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Molineux was quite comfortably out of her crease and had to return to the pavilion. Hobart Hurricanes were defending a modest total in their first WBBL game and the way Renegades openers were going, it was looking like they would make an easy task of the target.
But, that first wicket brought Hurricanes back into the game and they managed to make the chase a little bit more difficult for the Renegades. Although the Renegades eventually managed to chase the target down in the last over, that direct hit by Richa Ghosh was surely one of the highlights of the game.
Richa, before that, had made a decent contribution with the bat as well for the Hobart Hurricanes as she had scored a quickfire 21 off just 14 balls.
