Commemorative stamp in honour of Jhulan Goswami
MUMBAI: Jhulan Goswami, former India women’s cricket captain, has been honoured with a commemorative stamp for her contribution to the national team.
The stamp launched at the Calcutta Sports Journalists’ Club on April 20 in the presence of former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
Jhulan is the leading wicket-taker in women’s ODIs (203) and became the first cricketer to complete 200 wickets in February this year.
Jhulan overtook Australia’s Cathryn Fitzpatrick (180) as the world’s leading wicket-taker last May.
Jhulan, a veteran of 10 Tests, 169 ODIs and 64 T20s, was part of the women’s World Cup squad in 2017 in England, that finished runners-up after falling to the hosts at the last hurdle.
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She’s also India’s most successful bowler at World Cups and has 36 wickets to her name, a record she shares with England’s Clare Taylor. Australia’s Lynn Fullston leads the tally with 39 wickets.
Overall, Jhulan has 298 international wickets in 243 games and has scored 1685 runs with three fifties.
In the 2006-07 season, Jhulan guided India to their first Test series win in England. She was a member of the Asia squad for the Afro-Asia tournament in India in 2007.
Later in 2008, she replaced Mithali Raj as captain for the Australia tour. She led India in 25 ODIs.
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She also won the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year award in 2007.
In 2010 and 2012, Jhulan was conferred with Arjuna Award and Padam Shri respectively.