India’s ace cricketer Jhulan Goswami achieved yet another historic feat in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022. She became the first-ever women’s cricketer to take 250 ODI wickets in the history of the sport on Wednesday.
Jhulan Goswami achieved this record against England at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. She dismissed English opener Tammy Beaumont, to get India off to a flying start in the second innings of the match.
Jhulan bowled an outside off-stump delivery, which nipped back into the right-hander and hit her pads. The umpire did not look convinced and gave the decision in Beaumont’s favor. However, the Indian team reviewed the decision, which was eventually given as out.
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The Indian pacer is head and shoulders above the rest of the cricketers in terms of wickets in the ODIs. She is seventy wickets ahead of Australia’s Cathryn Fitzpatrick and West Indies’ Anisa Mohammed. Both the cricketers are on the second spot with 180 ODI wickets to their name.
With this milestone, Jhulan Goswami also became the first women’s cricketer to pick 350 International wickets. She has 44 Test, 56 T20I, and 250 ODI wickets to her name in a 20-year long international career.
What Jhulan Goswami has done for women’s cricket globally is just unbelievable: Ellyse Perry
Earlier in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 tournament, Jhulan Goswami became the first cricketer ever to take 40 wickets in Women’s World Cups alone, going past Australia’s Lyn Fullston.
Ellyse Perry, Australian skipper was all praise for the legendary Indian cricketer. She termed Jhulan’s contribution to the game ‘unbelievable’.
“I think not just myself, but our entire team has a tremendous level of respect for Jhulan. You know, what she’s done for the game, not just for the Indian team, the whole of women’s cricket globally is just unbelievable. I certainly admire her longevity as well, and just how successful she’s been over such a long period of time,” Ellyse Perry had said.
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