1. Jhulan Goswami was born on 25 November 1982 and is an Indian former cricketer.
23 Facts About Jhulan Goswami
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Jhulan Goswami played for the India women's national cricket team from 2002 to 2022.
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Jhulan Goswami played as a right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batter.
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Jhulan Goswami is one of the fastest bowler of all times and considered one of the greatest bowlers to ever play the sport.
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Jhulan Goswami 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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Jhulan Goswami became number one in the Women's ODI bowling rankings of ICC in January 2016 and regained it in March 2019.
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Jhulan Goswami was born to a middle-class family in the town of Chakdaha in the Nadia district of West Bengal on 25 November 1982.
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Jhulan Goswami took up cricket at the age of 15, and was previously a football fan.
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Jhulan Goswami began to take interest in cricket when she watched the 1992 Cricket World Cup on TV.
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Jhulan Goswami took further interest in the sport after watching Australian batter Belinda Clark in the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup.
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In 2007 Jhulan Goswami was a member of the Asian squad in the Afro-Asia tournament in India and won the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year when no Indian male cricketer had bagged an individual ICC yearly award.
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Jhulan Goswami captained India in 25 ODI and was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2010.
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Jhulan Goswami has 44 Test wickets to her name in 12 matches.
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Jhulan Goswami is the highest wicket taker in WODIs going past Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick's record of 180 wickets.
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Jhulan Goswami achieved the feat during the Women's Quadrangular Series in South Africa.
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On 7 February 2018 Jhulan Goswami became the first woman cricketer to reach 200 wickets in one day cricket.
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Jhulan Goswami has 255 wickets in 200 matches at an average of 22.04 with two 5 wicket hauls and 4 four wicket hauls.
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In May 2017, Jhulan 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.
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Jhulan Goswami was part of the Indian team that reached the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where they lost to England by nine runs.
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On 19 September 2017, Jhulan Goswami said that a biopic on her is in the making with the working title Chakdaha Express.
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In March 2022, in the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, Jhulan Goswami became the first bowler to take 250 wickets in WODI cricket.
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In November 2020, Jhulan Goswami was nominated for the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.
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Jhulan Goswami retired from international cricket in September 2022, with her final match coming against England at Lord's, with India winning by 16 runs.