Former India Test player WV Raman, who coached Indian women’s cricket from December 2018 to May 2021, hailed wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh’s cameo as the turning point of Team India’s World Cup final win over South Africa on Sunday.

“The turning point of the final clearly was Richa Ghosh’s little cameo which dented the confidence of the South Africans [Ghosh hammered 34 off 24 balls with three fours and two sixes]. This literally broke the spirit of the SA team. Till 40th over, it looked for the South Africans had things under their control [having pegged back the Indian batters who had a great start initially]. But that’s when Richa came in and took it away [as India posted almost 300 runs [298-7],” Raman told mid-day on Monday.