{"id":646652,"date":"2026-06-19T05:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/646652\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T05:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:30:13","slug":"this-star-from-team-india-wins-fielding-medal-after-stellar-wicketkeeping-display-vs-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/646652\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS star from Team India wins fielding medal after stellar wicketkeeping display vs Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh was adjudged as Impact Fielder of the Match in the side\u2019s comprehensive 95-run victory over the Netherlands in their second Women\u2019s T20 World Cup clash at Headingley.<\/p>\n<p>India celebrate fielding brilliance as Richa Ghosh bags the fielding medal <\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s fielding coach Munish Bali lauded the collective effort and singled out Richa\u2019s sharp glovework, especially the stumping of Netherlands captain Babette de Leede, in a video posted on BCCI\u2019s social media accounts on Thursday. \u201cBack-to-back win, girls. Well done. Excellent energy. Throwing was very good from deep. Again, we caught six catches. Jemi \u2013 three catches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmriti Mandhana \u2013 two catches. Richa, two stumpings and most especially, the one she inflicted off Nandu\u2019s ball \u2013 one catch, two stumping and standing on the top against a pacer and doing the stumping off the bouncer \u2013 well done,\u201d said Bali.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t   \tAdd Cricket Country as a Preferred Source<br \/>\n\t\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-preferred-source-badge-mbl.png\" alt=\"add cricketcountry as a preferred source\" width=\"122\" height=\"38\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s strength and conditioning coach Nicholas Lee presented Ghosh with the fielding medal in unique fashion by arriving on a tractor to mark the occasion. \u201cAnyone who\u2019s around cricket long enough knows that it\u2019s a tough game. So, when you do well, it\u2019s really important that you celebrate a good day.<\/p>\n<p>India shift focus to South Africa after celebrating Richa Ghosh\u2019s fielding excellence <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast Sunday, there were 20,000 people at Edgbaston Stadium and were just chanting this girl\u2019s name for her batting. But she\u2019s got the spotlight now for her keeping and catching. I present Richa with the fielding medal. It\u2019s a reflection of the hard work she\u2019s put on and off the field in the last few months,\u201d said Lee.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s victory was built on a record batting performance of 209\/5 in their 20 overs, followed by incisive bowling led by N Sree Charani\u2019s four-fer that bundled out the Netherlands for 114 in 17.3 overs. India, the Group A toppers, will next take on South Africa at Old Trafford in Manchester on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>With IANS Inputs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh was adjudged as Impact Fielder of the Match in the side\u2019s comprehensive 95-run victory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-646652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}