00:01So Richa, how much that first inning is going to help you going into the tournament?
00:06A big, crucial knock when India was in trouble.
00:08So how much confidence are you taking in from going into the tournament?
00:12The rest of the tournament rather.
00:13I think it will help me really good because it gave me confidence.
00:17And I think I get the confidence from the practice match only.
00:21The warm-up that we played.
00:23And I am looking forward to it.
00:29Richa, first day well done the other day.
00:32When you aren't kind of getting the kind of runs you want and you are going through a relatively lean
00:38match,
00:39how do you deal with that?
00:40Because in sport such challenges and adversity will come in the life of any player.
00:46And that warm-up match that you just mentioned turned it around for you.
00:49But how do you mentally make that adjustment?
00:52Do you speak to teammates?
00:53How does Richa Ghosh handle that kind of adversity?
00:57Yes, that's true.
00:58But at that time I am just focused on my game because I know I am not getting that time
01:06run.
01:06But I am just, what I can do, I am thinking on that.
01:10Like practice, I can work more on my drills and all.
01:16And I am just focused on, it's okay if I am not getting run, but I am in a good
01:21touch that time.
01:22But I am not getting runs.
01:24So, it's happened and I spoke to Haridi and all the senior Smithy.
01:29They answered too, what should I do.
01:31And they said like, don't worry, just play your game and just focus, that's it.
01:36And that helped me also.
01:40So, Richa, your natural game is of course the attacking game.
01:45But on that warm-up game, we have seen a different dimension of your game that rescued the team.
01:50So, do you think that particular innings helped you a lot coming back to the, you know,
01:55getting value and back the confidence and we showed, you know,
01:58the help that helped you in the game against Pakistan?
02:02Yes, that innings helped me to come back and get in the form.
02:07And I think that game has only given me more confidence before the Pakistan game.
02:12And, yes, because that situation is different.
02:15Like, already wickets down and I have so many overs.
02:18So, I can stay there and play my own game.
02:22So, that's why, like, I did the confidence there.
02:28Hi, Richa.
02:30You've not played the Netherlands before.
02:32So, what have you been able to learn about them since watching their warm-up games
02:38in their first match of the tournament?
02:39And what is it like playing a team that you don't come across very often?
02:43I saw them before our Pakistan match.
02:46I saw their games.
02:48They were good ballers.
02:49And 4th day is the first time, right?
02:52So, they are doing really well.
02:54And every team is, like, they can do well.
02:59And I think they've done really well.
03:02That's why they are here.
03:03And we are not taking any team easily.
03:06And we are just looking forward.
03:08Yeah.
03:10Hi, Richa.
03:12Even in the last World Cup, we saw that you were betting many times with someone like Deepti Sharma.
03:16And in the last month, you also saw that.
03:18So, how has been the, you know, how has been the experience of you betting along with her
03:22and the partnership?
03:23Because it's quite vital for India.
03:24I think, not only India team, I played with her in Bengal as well.
03:29She came to play domestic as well there.
03:32And we had a great conversation on the field, out of the field as well.
03:37So, that's helped us.
03:38And we both know what we can do.
03:41And we know that if ball is not there, we can take the rotate strike or we can give both
03:48of a chance to hit big shots.
03:50And that helped us.
03:51Like, we are, we really know each other really well.
03:59Hi, Richa.
04:00Hi.
04:00In T20, players often say that it's about getting specialized roles.
04:05So, what kind of a role have you been given by the team management?
04:09Obviously, as a finisher, is it about the batting position or entry point that around 12th
04:14over or 14th over, what kind of position you would go into bat?
04:17It depends on the match and I think it depends on the coaches, what they want me.
04:22Because my role is, like, completely to finish the match.
04:26So, whenever they need, I will go there.
04:28And I think that's, I'm looking forward to.
04:30Whenever they need me, I will go there and I will score runs.
04:35Richa, you were doing some quantitative research and analysis
04:39and taking your warm-up match against England and this one.
04:43The first few balls, the moment you are there for the first few balls,
04:46even if it's, say, 9 of 9 or whatever, then there is a massive acceleration that's happening.
04:52Is it kind of helpful in that way to get your eye in for the first few,
04:57rather than having to come in the 17th, say, and start talking the ball from ball one?
05:01Does that kind of help you to get your eye in, despite it being a T20 format for the first
05:06few balls?
05:06I think, in this thing, Heidi helped me a lot.
05:11Because when I and Heidi batted and that time, she told me to take your time.
05:16There was no hurry to go and strike the ball from the first ball.
05:21You take your time and if you stay in the crease, you can score lots of runs.
05:25So, I think, I just remember that thing and I just play like that.
05:29Sir.
05:30Sir.
05:32Sir.
05:32So, Richa, you've become, not just India's, but one of the best finishers in women's cricket.
05:38And I remember watching you at the WPL.
05:40So, how much has that experience in WPL helped you become the finisher that you have become?
05:46Or have there been some other factors as well in your development as a finisher?
05:52WPL helped especially me a lot because there were different players and different teams.
05:57And we were playing domestic as well, domestic players and plus international players.
06:02So, that mix-up will help me especially.
06:05And in my team, Ellis Veri was there.
06:08Then, Sophie Devine.
06:10Smithidi was the captain.
06:11And others also there who, I follow them like what they're doing, how they take the match.
06:18So, that's helped me a lot to understand how I can do for the team and what can I do
06:23for the team.
06:24I think, experience-wise, I got the experience from there as well.
06:28Because Perry is a good, you know, from Middle Order, how she play and finish it off.
06:35Divine in the power play, how she power it.
06:37So, I think that's helped me to understand more how I can plan my game.
06:41So, I think that's helped me a lot.
06:43Yeah.
06:44Any more questions?
06:46Yeah.
06:48Teacher, how important is it to start well in the T20 World Cup and get close to an ideal 11?
06:54Because we saw in the last T20 World Cup when India lost to New Zealand and the opening match.
06:58That changed things for both teams from there.
07:01And ODI World Cup last year, obviously, you have more games to bounce back.
07:04So, how important is it this time to start well having won the first game?
07:09I think it's always a start where it always gives you confidence.
07:13And we are taking forward like one game at a time.
07:17So, I will take the confidence from the first game to the second game and we will be looking forward
07:21to like one game to one at one time.
07:24Okay.
07:25Thank you everyone.
07:27Thank you everyone.
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