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| Full name | Jhulan Goswami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (age 43) Chakdaha,West Bengal, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Babul, Chakda Express | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armmedium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 52) | 14 January 2002 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 30 September 2021 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 61) | 6 January 2002 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 24 September 2022 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 3) | 5 August 2006 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 10 June 2018 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999/00 | Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000/01–2005/06 | Air India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08–present | Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Trailblazers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jhulan Goswami (born 25 November 1982) is an Indian formercricketer.[1] She played for theIndia women's national cricket team from 2002 to 2022.[2]
She played as a right-arm medium fastbowler and right-handedbatter. She is one of the fastest (female) bowler of all times and considered one of the greatest bowlers to ever play the sport.[3][4] She played 204 ODI matches before her retirement from international cricket in 2022, taking 255 wickets, and holds the record for taking the most number of wickets inWomen's One Day International cricket.[5]
Goswami won theICC Women's Player of the Year award in2007 and the M.A. Chidambaram trophy for Best Women's Cricketer in 2011.[6] She became number one in the Women's ODI bowling rankings of ICC in January 2016 and regained it in March 2019.[7][8]
Goswami was born to a middle-class family in the town ofChakdaha in theNadia district ofWest Bengal on 25 November 1982.[9] She took upcricket at the age of 15,[10] and was previously afootball fan.[11] Goswami began to take interest in cricket when she watched the1992 Cricket World Cup on TV. She took further interest in the sport after watching Australian batterBelinda Clark in the1997 Women's Cricket World Cup.[11] As Chakdaha did not have any cricket facilities at the time, Goswami travelled toKolkata to play cricket.[6]
Soon after finishing her training in Kolkata, Goswami was called up to theBengal women's cricket team.[9] At the age of 19, she made her international debut in 2002 in aone-day International Match againstEngland inChennai.[9] HerTest debut came on 14 January 2002 against England inLucknow.
Goswami along withMithali Raj guided theIndian Women's Cricket team to their first Test series win in England in 2006–07 season.[12] During the same season, Goswami helped India to get their first victory against England, making a fifty as nightwatchman in the first Test atLeicester and taking her career best match figures of 10/78, with 5/33 in the 1st innings and 5/45 in the 2nd innings – in the second test atTaunton.[13] In 2007 Jhulan was a member of the Asian squad in the Afro-Asia tournament in India and also won theICC Women's Cricketer of the Year[12] when no Indian male cricketer had bagged an individual ICC yearly award.[13]
Later in 2008, she took over the captaincy of the team from Mithali Raj and held it till 2011.[9] In 2008, she also became the fourth woman to reach 100 wickets in ODIs at the2008 Women's Asia Cup.[13] She captained India in 25 ODI[12] and was awarded theArjuna Award in 2010.[12] In 2012 she became second Indian women cricketer to receivePadma Shri afterDiana Edulji.[9]
She has 44 Test wickets to her name in 12 matches. Overall she has 355 international wickets in 284 games and has scored 1922 runs with three half centuries.[12] She is the highest wicket taker in WODIs going past AustralianCathryn Fitzpatrick's record of 180 wickets.[14] She achieved the feat during the Women's Quadrangular Series inSouth Africa. On 7 February 2018 Jhulan became the first woman cricketer to reach 200 wickets in one day cricket. She has 255 wickets in 200 matches at an average of 22.04 with two 5 wicket hauls and 4 four wicket hauls.[12] In ODIs she has 1226 runs in 204 matches.[11] In 2011, where India failed to win againstNew Zealand, she took her career-best 6/31.[9]
In May 2017, Goswami became theleading wicket-taker in ODIs when she took her 181st wicketagainst South Africa atPUK Oval,Potchefstroom, surpassing Australia'sCathryn Fitzpatrick.[15][16]
Goswami was part of the Indian team that reached thefinal of the2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where they lost toEngland by nine runs.[17][18][19]
On 19 September 2017, Jhulan Goswami said that a biopic on her is in the making with the working titleChakdaha Express. The biopic will be directed by Sushanta Das and will trace Goswami's journey from the Vivekananda Park nets in Kolkata to the Lord's cricket ground in London, where India lost the World Cup final against England in July.[20]
In April 2018, an Indian postage stamp was issued in her honour.[21] In March 2022, in the2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, Goswami became the first bowler totake 250 wickets in WODI cricket.[22]
In September 2018,against Sri Lanka, she took her 300th wicket in international cricket.[23] In November 2020, Goswami was nominated for the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.[24][25]
In May 2021, she was named in India'sTest squad for their one-off match againstEngland.[26] In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[27]
On 12 March 2022, she became the overall highest wicket taker in the Women's Cricket World Cup overtaking previous record ofLyn Fullston.[28]
Goswami retired from international cricket in September 2022, with her final match comingagainst England at Lord's, with India winning by 16 runs.[29] She will continue to be in theBengal squad as a mentor/player.[30]
On 2 February 2023, she joined the Mumbai-basedWomen's Premier League franchiseMumbai Indians as a bowling coach and mentor.[31]
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