Jhulan Nishit Goswami (born 25 November 1982) is an Indian
cricket
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er. She plays as a right-arm medium fast
bowler and right-handed
batter. She is one of the fastest (female) bowler of all times and considered one of the greatest bowlers to ever play the sport. 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 in
Women's One Day International cricket
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.
Goswami won the
ICC Women's Player of the Year award in
2007 and the M.A. Chidambaram trophy for Best Women's Cricketer in 2011.
She rose to number one in the ICC Women's ODI bowling rankings in January 2016.
Career
Goswami was born to a middle-class family in the town of
Chakdaha
Chakdaha is a town and a municipality in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district, located in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
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in the
Nadia
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district of
West Bengal
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on 25 November 1982.
She took up
cricket
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at the age of 15,
and was previously a
football fan.
Goswami began to take interest in cricket when she watched the
1992 Cricket World Cup on TV. She took further interest in the sport after watching Australian batter
Belinda Clark
Belinda Jane Clark (born 10 September 1970) is an Australian former cricketer and sports administrator. A right-handed batter, she served as the captain of the national women's team for eleven years and was a member of triumphant World Cup ca ...
in the
1997 Women’s Cricket World Cup.
As Chakdaha did not have any cricket facilities at the time, Goswami travelled to
Kolkata
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to play cricket.
Soon after finishing her training in Kolkata, Goswami was called up to the
Bengal women's cricket team.
At the age of 19, she made her international debut in 2002 in a
one-day International Match against
England
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in
Chennai
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.
Her
Test
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debut came on 14 January 2002 against England in
Lucknow
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.
Goswami along with
Mithali Raj
Mithali Dorai Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the India women's national cricket team from 2004 to 2022. Mithali is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket and is considered one of the ...
guided
Indian Women’s Cricket team to first Test series win in England in 2006–07 season.
During the same season, Goswami helped Indian Women Cricket team to get their first victory against England, making a fifty as nightwatchman in the first Test at
Leicester and taking her career best match figures of 10 for 78–5 for 33 and 5 for 45 – in the second test at
Taunton
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.
In 2007 Jhulan was a member of Asian squad in the Afro-Asia tournament in India and also won the
ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year (when no Indian male cricketer bagged an individual award).
Later in 2008, she took over the captaincy from Mithali Raj and held till 2011.
In 2008, she also became the fourth woman to reach 100 wickets in ODIs at
Asia Cup.
She led India in 25 ODIs.
In 2010 she was awarded the
Arjun Award and in 2012 she became second Indian women cricketer to receive
Padma Shri
Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...
after
Diana Edulji
Diana Fram Edulji (born 26 January 1956) is a former Indian Test cricketer. Born in Mumbai to a Parsi family, she was drawn to sports at an early age. She grew up playing cricket with a tennis ball in the railway colony where she lived. She the ...
.
She has 40 Test wickets in her name in 10 matches. Overall she has 271 international wickets in 223 games and has scored 1593 runs with three 50s.
She is the highest wicket taker in WODIs going past Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick record of 180 wickets. She achieved the feat during the Women’s Quadrangular Series in
South Africa
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. On 7 February 2018 Jhulan became the first woman cricketer to reach 200 wickets in one day cricket. She has 200 wickets in 166 matches at an average of 21.76 with two 5 wickets and 4 four wickets hauls.
In ODIs she has 995 runs in 166 matches.
In 2011 where India failed to win, she took 6 for 31 against New Zealand.
In May 2017, Goswami became the
leading wicket-taker in ODIs when she took her 181st wicket
against South Africa at
PUK Oval,
Potchefstroom, surpassing Australia's
Cathryn Fitzpatrick.
Goswami was part of the Indian team to reach the
final
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of the
2017 Women's Cricket World Cup
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where the team lost to
England
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by nine runs.
[England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!]
''The Guardian'', 23 July 2017.
Jhulan Goswami said on 19 September 2017 that a biopic on her is in the making with the working title ''Chakdaha Express''. The biopic will be directed by Sushanta Das, it 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.
In February 2018, she became the first bowler to take 200 wickets in WODIs.
In April 2018, an Indian postage stamp was issued in her honour. In March 2022, in the
2022 Women's Cricket World Cup
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, Goswami became the first bowler to
take 250 wickets in WODI cricket.
In September 2018,
against Sri Lanka, she took her 300th wicket in international cricket. In November 2020, Goswami was nominated for the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.
In May 2021, she was named in India's
Test squad
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for their one-off match against the
England women's cricket team. In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the
2022 Women's Cricket World Cup
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in New Zealand.
On 12 March 2022, she became the highest wicket taker in Women's World Cup overtaking previous record of Lyn Fullston.
Goswami retired from international cricket in September 2022, with her final match coming
against England at Lord's, with India winning by 16 runs. She will continue to be in the
Bengal
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squad as a mentor/player.
Coaching career
She was appointed as a bowling consultant for
India women's national cricket team
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India made its Test debut in 1976, against the We ...
under the head coach
Ramesh Powar
Ramesh Rajaram Powar (born 20 May 1978) is a former Indian cricketer.
Powar was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. and again he was named as India women's cricket team coach in 2021 June.
Powar ...
. She is playing as a
player-coach
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in Indian Team.
Awards, honors and titles
* 2007 –
ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
* Captain of Indian Women's Cricket Team (2008–2011)
* Fastest Bowler
* 2010 – Arjuna Award
* 2012 – Padma Shri
* Leading International Wicket Taker
Legacy
* ''Chakda Xpress'' the bipoic of Jhulan Goswami, directed by Prosit Roy, starring
Anushka Sharma will be premiered on Netflix. By this she is the second Indian female cricketer to have a biopic to her credit following
Mithali Raj
Mithali Dorai Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the India women's national cricket team from 2004 to 2022. Mithali is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket and is considered one of the ...
. (
Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards.
After a brief modelling career, Pannu ventured into acting with the Telugu film ' ...
portrayed her in 2022 film ''
Shabaash Mithu'', a biopic on
Mithali Raj
Mithali Dorai Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the India women's national cricket team from 2004 to 2022. Mithali is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket and is considered one of the ...
.
)
References
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1983 births
Living people
Bengal women cricketers
East Zone women cricketers
India women One Day International cricketers
India women Test cricketers
India women Twenty20 International cricketers
Indian women cricket captains
Indian women cricketers
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports
People from Nadia district
Cricketers from West Bengal
IPL Trailblazers cricketers
International Cricket Council Cricketer of the Year