Jhulan Goswami

Jhulan Nishit Goswami (born 25 November 1982) is an Indian former cricketer. She played for Indian women's cricket team from 2002 to 2022.

Jhulan Goswami
Goswami in 2009
Personal information
Full name
Jhulan Nishit Goswami
Born (1982-11-25) 25 November 1982
Chakdaha, West Bengal, India
NicknameBabul, Chakda Express
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 52)14 January 2002 v England
Last Test30 September 2021 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 61)6 January 2002 v England
Last ODI24 September 2022 v England
ODI shirt no.25
T20I debut (cap 3)5 August 2006 v England
Last T20I10 June 2018 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999/00Bengal
2000/01–2005/06Air India
2007/08–presentBengal
2018–2020Trailblazers
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 12 204 68 340
Runs scored 291 1226 405 3,438
Batting average 24.25 14.61 10.94 20.38
100s/50s 0/2 0/1 0/0 1/11
Top score 69 57 37* 120*
Balls bowled 2,266 10,005 1,351 16,178
Wickets 44 255 56 448
Bowling average 17.36 22.04 21.94 18.72
5 wickets in innings 3 2 1 3
10 wickets in match 1 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/25 6/31 5/11 6/31
Catches/stumpings 5/– 69/– 23/– 132/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 September 2022

She played 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.

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.

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