Jhulan Goswami facts for kids
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Goswami in 2009
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Jhulan Goswami
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| Born | 25 November 1982 Chakdaha, West Bengal, India |
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| Nickname | Babul, Chakda Express | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-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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| 1999/00 | Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000/01–2005/06 | Air India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08–present | Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Trailblazers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 September 2022
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Jhulan Goswami (born 25 November 1982) is a famous Indian former cricket player. She played for the India women's national cricket team from 2002 until she retired in 2022.
Jhulan was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and a right-handed batter. She is known as one of the fastest female bowlers ever. Many people think she is one of the greatest bowlers in the sport's history. She played 204 One Day International (ODI) matches. She took 255 wickets, which is the most wickets taken by any player in Women's One Day International cricket.
Goswami won the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year award in 2007. She also received the M.A. Chidambaram trophy for Best Women's Cricketer in 2011. She was ranked number one among women's ODI bowlers by the ICC in January 2016 and again in March 2019.
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Jhulan Goswami's Cricket Journey
Early Life and Start in Cricket
Jhulan Goswami was born on November 25, 1982. Her family lived in a town called Chakdaha in West Bengal, India. When she was younger, she loved football.
Jhulan became interested in cricket after watching the 1992 Cricket World Cup on TV. Her interest grew even more when she saw Australian batter Belinda Clark play in the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup. Since there were no cricket facilities in Chakdaha at that time, Jhulan traveled to Kolkata to practice.
Making Her International Debut
After training in Kolkata, Goswami was chosen to play for the Bengal women's cricket team. When she was 19, she played her first international match. This was a One Day International against England in Chennai in 2002. Her first Test match was also against England, on January 14, 2002, in Lucknow.
Leading India to Victories
Jhulan Goswami, along with Mithali Raj, helped the Indian Women's Cricket team win their first Test series in England in 2006–07. In the same season, Goswami helped India achieve their first victory against England. She scored a half-century in the first Test. In the second Test at Taunton, she took her best match figures, getting 10 wickets for 78 runs. This included 5 wickets for 33 runs in the first innings and 5 wickets for 45 runs in the second.
In 2007, Jhulan was part of the Asian team in the Afro-Asia tournament in India. She also won the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year award. This was a big achievement, as no Indian male cricketer had won an individual ICC award that year.
Becoming Captain and Setting Records
In 2008, Jhulan took over as the captain of the Indian team from Mithali Raj. She remained captain until 2011. In 2008, she also became the fourth woman to reach 100 wickets in ODIs during the 2008 Women's Asia Cup. She captained India in 25 ODI matches. In 2010, she received the Arjuna Award, a major sports honor in India. In 2012, she was given the Padma Shri, becoming the second Indian woman cricketer to receive this high civilian award after Diana Edulji.
Jhulan has taken 44 Test wickets in 12 matches. Overall, she has taken 311 international wickets in 284 games. She has also scored 1922 runs, including three half-centuries. She holds the record for the most wickets in Women's ODIs, passing Cathryn Fitzpatrick's record of 180 wickets. She achieved this during the Women's Quadrangular Series in South Africa. On February 7, 2018, Jhulan became the first woman cricketer to reach 200 wickets in One Day cricket. She has 255 wickets in 204 matches, with an average of 22.04. This includes two times where she took 5 wickets in a match and four times where she took 4 wickets. In ODIs, she has scored 1226 runs in 204 matches. In 2011, she took her career-best 6 wickets for 31 runs against New Zealand.
In May 2017, Goswami became the leading wicket-taker in ODIs. She took her 181st wicket against South Africa at PUK Oval, Potchefstroom.
Goswami was part of the Indian team that reached the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. They lost to England by nine runs in a very close match.
Later Career and Retirement
On September 19, 2017, Jhulan Goswami announced that a movie about her life was being made. Its working title was Chakdaha Express. The movie would show her journey from practicing cricket in Kolkata to playing at Lord's cricket ground in London.
In April 2018, an Indian postage stamp was released to honor her. In March 2022, during the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, Goswami became the first bowler to take 250 wickets in Women's ODI cricket.
In September 2018, she took her 300th wicket in international cricket against Sri Lanka. In November 2020, Goswami was nominated for the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.
In May 2021, she was chosen for India's Test squad for their match against England. In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
On March 12, 2022, she became the overall highest wicket-taker in the Women's Cricket World Cup. She passed the previous record held by Lyn Fullston.
Goswami retired from international cricket in September 2022. Her last match was against England at Lord's, which India won by 16 runs. She continues to be involved with the Bengal squad as a mentor and player.
Coaching Career
On February 2, 2023, Jhulan Goswami joined the Women's Premier League team Mumbai Indians as a bowling coach and mentor.
Awards and Honors
- 2007 – ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
- Captain of Indian Women's Cricket Team (2008–2011)
- Known as the Fastest Bowler
- 2010 – Arjuna Award
- 2012 – Padma Shri
- Leading International Wicket Taker
Legacy and Biopic
- Chakda Xpress is a movie about Jhulan Goswami's life. It was directed by Prosit Roy and stars Anushka Sharma. The movie was released on Netflix. This makes her the second Indian female cricketer to have a movie made about her. The first was Mithali Raj, whose story was told in the 2022 film Shabaash Mithu.
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