IMAGES from the WPL 2024 UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants match played in New Delhi on Monday
Richa was only dismissed twice in five innings and scored at a strike-rate exceeding 130.
Pacer Pooja Vastrakar ran riot with a career-best bowling show of 4 for 13 before Smriti Mandhana shone with the bat, scoring an unbeaten half century, as India thrashed South Africa by 10 wickets in the third and final women's T20 International to level the series 1-1, in Chennai, on Tuesday.
The Proteas finished second in Group 1, behind defending champions Australia who won all their four matches.
She was also the star in the previous Test against Australia last December in Mumbai, where she took seven wickets in the entire encounter.
IMAGES from the Women's T20 Challenge final between Supernovas and Velocity in Pune on Saturday.
Bangladesh will take on Scotland in the tournament opener in an afternoon fixture followed by a clash between Asian teams Pakistan and Sri Lanka later in the day at Sharjah.
Also released from the squad are Devika Vaidya, Simran Shaikh and Shivali Shinde.
Delhi Capitals secured direct qualification into the final of the WPL 2024 with a seven-wicket hammering of Gujarat Giants.
Deepti Sharma has climbed to second spot and has the top position in her sights
Nortje, Markram among players nominated for CSA top awards.
India's veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami added another feather to her illustrious cap by becoming the first female cricketer to take 200 ODI wickets on Wednesday.
Richa Ghosh's exploits during the side's run to the semis of the Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa earned her a place
Besides Knight and Ecclestone, Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt are the other English cricketers who have signed up for the competition.
Images from the WPL 2024 match between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
India will go all out to brush off an inconsistent run and seal a semifinal berth in the Women's World Cup
Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues were among the overseas players retained by their respective franchises
Mooney struck a match-winning unbeaten 74 as Australia claimed their sixth Women's T20 World Cup title
The South African women's team's top-order fired in unison and helped their team clinch the five-match series against India with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory in the fourth ODI, in Lucknow, on Sunday.
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Images from the WPL 2024 match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants in New Delhi on Saturday.
Images from the Women's T20 World Cup Final between Australia and South Africa played in Cape Town on Sunday
This is the second time Quinton de Kock has won the Cricketer of the Year in CSA's virtual awards
Dominant in the series-opener, the Indian women's cricket team would now look to seal the issue when it takes on South Africa in the second ODI of the three-match series
Azam scooped the honour following a number of thrilling batting displays in Pakistan's multi-format series against Australia.
Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position
Bangladesh capitalised on Pakistan's late slump to win their first ever Women's World Cup match on Monday.
South Africa women registered a series-clinching six-wicket win in a last ball thriller in the second T20 International
Punia got the chance to play her maiden ODI after star opener Mandhana was ruled out on the eve of the game
'After further assessment, Smriti was diagnosed with a mild soft tissue injury to her left earlobe which caused discomfort while batting and therefore she had to leave the field retired hurt.'
Shafali Verma has leapfrogged Australia's Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.
Group A leaders India were the first to reach the last four and the final place will go to the winner of Monday's clash between hosts Australia and their trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand.
Images from the ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa in Christchurch on Sunday.
With the win, South Africa moved to the third spot while Pakistan continued to languish at the bottom
England has won both of the Women's World Cups held on home soil and will have the chance to make it a hat-trick on Sunday at Lord's after claiming a dramatic two-wicket win over South Africa in the final over of the semi-final in Bristol, on Tuesday.
Images from the Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz WPL match at the Brabourne Stadium on Monday.
Mignon du Preez scored a valiant 90 as South Africa pulled off a consolation seven-wicket win over India to go down 1-2 in the three-match series, which was part of the ICC Women's ODI Championship.
Shafali Verma (744 points) had grabbed the top spot at the end of the league stage of the just-concluded women's T20 World Cup in Australia which the hosts won for an unprecedented fifth time.
Australia made it to the ICC women's T20 World Cup final, coming through a nerve-shredding semi-final against South Africa in Sydney on Thursday. They'll face India at the MCG on March 8 - International Women's Day. India's semi-final against England was abandoned without a ball bowled.
Beat England to reach maiden Women's T20 World Cup final in Cape Town on Friday.
