{"id":194930,"date":"2026-07-20T08:17:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194930"},"modified":"2026-07-20T08:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:47:04","slug":"indian-sports-wrap-july-20-richa-named-in-bengal-team-for-2026-27-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194930","title":{"rendered":"Indian sports wrap, July 20: Richa named in Bengal team for 2026-27 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71245113\">\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">CRICKET<\/h4>\n<p><b>Richa Ghosh named in Bengal state team for 2026-27 season<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Cricket Association of Bengal has named World Cup winner Richa Ghosh among 28 probables for the state women\u2019s team ahead of the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>The probables: Richa Ghosh (wk), Titas Sadhu, Mita Paul, Tanusree Sarkar, Priyanka Bala (wk), Saika Ishaque, Prativa Rana, Dhara Gujjar, Rupal Tiwari, Sujata Dey, Bidisha Dey, Piyali Ghosh, Jahanbi Raj Paswan, Chandrima Biswas, Sushmita Paul, Ankita Chakraborty (wk), Payel Vakharia, Ipshita Mondal, Prativa Mandi,\u00a0Sushmita Ganguly, Mamta Kisku, Tithi Das, Bristi Maji, Hrishita Basu (wk), Remondina Khatun, Shreyosi Aich, Shivanshi Tiwari and Priti Mahato.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>-Team Sportstar<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>2026 Pondy Premier League: Unbeaten Villianur unstoppable<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Defending champions Villianur Mohit Kings rode on fifties by skipper Aman H Khan (54, 17b) and opener Bhanu Anand (59 n.o., 45b) to beat Genid Yanam Royals by seven wickets on Monday to record their ninth victory in as many outings in the 3rd Pondicherry Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Brief scores: Genid Yanam Royals 136\/9 in 20 overs (Sahil Dutta 3-29, Samar Khan 3-29) lost to Villianur Mohit Kings 139\/3 in 14.4 overs (Aman H Khan 54, Bhanu Anand 59 n.o., Irfan-Ul-Haq 2-30).<\/p>\n<p><b><i>-Team Sportstar<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">HOCKEY<\/h4>\n<p><b>Bhola Nath elected unopposed as Hockey Jharkhand president for fourth term on the trot<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hockey India Secretary General Bhola Nath Singh was elected unopposed as Hockey Jharkhand president for a fourth consecutive term.<\/p>\n<p>The election comes in the middle of a legal challenge to his ability to function as an administrator. The National Sports Governance Act 2025 states that \u201ca person may continuously hold the position of either the presidnent or the secretary general of the treasueer, as the case may be, for up to three consecutive terms, separately, or in combination thereof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state association, however, maintained that Bhola Nath\u2019s re-election was in accordance with the National Sports Policy 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOwing to being an office-bearer in an international sports federation, Bhola Nath Singh was elected Hockey Jharkhand president for a fourth consecutive time,\u201d an association statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Besides these roles, Bhola Nath has also been the vice-president of the Asian Hockey Federayion (AHF) since his election to the post in March 2023.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>-Team Sportstar<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">CHESS<\/h4>\n<p><b>Global Chess League launches Road2GCL initiative ahead of Season 4<\/b><\/p>\n<p>he Global Chess League (GCL) on Monday launched Road2GCL, a six-week community engagement initiative featuring competitions, community events and creator collaborations ahead of the fourth season of the league in Bengaluru from September 3 to 14.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, announced on World Chess Day, aims to engage players, clubs, schools, creators and chess enthusiasts through a series of activities leading up to the franchise-based tournament.<\/p>\n<p>A key feature of the programme is Road2GCL Contenders, a multi-stage competition that will give aspiring players an opportunity to earn a chance to compete against Global Chess League stars.<\/p>\n<p>Season 4 of the league will be held in Bengaluru from September 3 to 14 and will feature 36 Grandmasters across six franchises.<\/p>\n<p>World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen will return to the league and compete in India for the first time, while reigning FIDE Women\u2019s World Cup champion Divya Deshmukh is set to make her league debut.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the Contenders competition, Road2GCL will include Shining Stars, which will organise chess activities at clubs and educational institutions, and Road2GCL Creators, a programme aimed at engaging new audiences through content creators.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>-PTI<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 20, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/other-sports\/indian-sports-news-today-july-20-results-highlights-updates-summary\/article71245113.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRICKET Richa Ghosh named in Bengal state team for 2026-27 season The Cricket Association of Bengal has named World Cup winner Richa Ghosh among 28 probables for the state women\u2019s team ahead of the 2026-27 season. The probables: Richa Ghosh (wk), Titas Sadhu, Mita Paul, Tanusree Sarkar, Priyanka Bala (wk), Saika Ishaque, Prativa Rana, Dhara&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image20-202026-07-20T182654.350.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194978,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194978","url_meta":{"origin":194930,"position":0},"title":"The Hundred 2026 \u2014 Smriti, Jemimah among four Indians set to feature","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The sixth edition of The Hundred, English cricket\u2019s 100-ball white-ball competition, is set to begin from Tuesday, July 21. 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