Cricket enthusiasts of Siliguri and North Bengal have reasons to enjoy as the city will now get its new cricket stadium, named after their city girl, Richa Ghosh, the wicket-keeper batter of the women’s World Cup 2025 winner. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is currently in Siliguri, declared that the stadium would be named after Richa.

Richa has overall smashed 1145 runs in 49 innings of the Women’s ODIs at an average of 29.35 and a strike rate of 103.90 with the help of seven half-centuries at the best score of 96. In the final, the right-handed batter clubbed 34 runs against South Africa at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.

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“We have decided to build a cricket stadium in Siliguri. It will be named after Richa Ghosh. I have asked Mayor Gautam Deb to oversee the project that would come up at Chandmoni. Around 27 acres of land have been identified for the project.” Mamata, while interacting at a government function in Uttarkanya, the state’s branch secretariat, expressed.

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The announcement has fulfilled a longstanding demand of Siliguri’s cricket lovers. The lack of a proper stadium in the region has deprived promising players of chances to train and perform. Apart from Richa, Siliguri has produced Wriddhiman Saha, another keeper from the same region. The only major sports venue in the city, Kanchenjunga Stadium, spans seven acres.

“Richa, a member of the Indian women’s cricket team that brought glory to the nation, was felicitated both in her hometown and in Calcutta by the state government and the Cricket Association of Bengal. We want this stadium to be dedicated to her so that people remember her achievements and draw inspiration from her success.” Richa addressed.

We will shortly introduce 10 buses to reach children from the tea estates to their schools. The Centre has time and again said that it will reopen closed tea estates, but it is the state government that has recently opened 24 such estates.” Wriddhiman Saha’s former coach, Jayanta Bhowmick, shed light.