Women's IPL will be 'big achievement' for country, believes Jhulan Goswami
Cricket | September 09, 2020 16:21 ISTThe women's T20 challenge currently takes place in the play-off week of the IPL.
The women's T20 challenge currently takes place in the play-off week of the IPL.
Jhulan wants to be there in New Zealand 18 months from now but says her fitness and performance in the run-up to the event will decide that.
Jhulan Goswami believes finding the right combination before any big tournament is the key and not just India, but every team is far away from that right now.
Women's cricket in India gathered pace after the Indian Eves's performance in the 2017 World Cup in England but it was many years in the making.
India made it to their first-ever T20 World Cup final by virtue of finishing at the top of the points table in Group A with eight points.
Anushka Sharma and Jhulan Goswami were snapped at the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata.
India's ODI skipper Mithali Raj was static at the fourth place with 713 points as the only other cricketer from the country in the top 10 batting list.
Jhulan Goswami, who last held the top spot in February 2017, now has 730 points while Smriti Mandhana consolidated her position at the top with a career-best 797 points.
Jhulan Goswami said that playing all matches are important because of the ICC Women's Championship points at stake but BCCI will decide if India play Pakistan or not.
The England captain also had a word of praise for redoubtable veteran Jhulan Goswami.
Smriti Mandhana scored 63 while Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey grabbed four wickets each as India won the match by 7 wickets and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Although it was a call made by the team management, retired pacer Jhulan Goswami admits that she 'felt bad' on seeing Mithali benched before the crunch clash against England.
Jhulan, the only bowler in the women's game with over 200 ODI wickets, reflected on her time in international cricket.
In T20s, Goswami fared poorly in the Women's T20 Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur where the 35-year old returned with one wicket from four matches.
Jhulan Goswami played 68 T20Is, picking up 56 wickets which included a five-wicket haul against Australia in 2012.
The film will explore the inner and outer world of Goswami - the story of a little girl from Nadia in West Bengal who went on to become the highest wicket taker in international women's cricket.
The veteran pacer also said that there were positives in the performance of young players like Pooja Vastrakar and all-rounder Anuja Patil.
The pacer recently became the first female cricketer to take 200 ODI wickets in the second ODI against South Africa, which clinched by a massive 178-run victory at Kimberley.
India have never won the coveted World Cup title, they narrowly missed out on the trophy after losing the final against hosts England by nine runs at the Lord's in June last year.
A heel injury has forced the veteran out of play as she did not feature in the third and final ODI of the series where the Women in Blue clinched the series 2-1.
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