Jhulan Goswami
Jhulan Goswami (born 25 November 1983, Nadia, Bengal, India) is an all round cricketer who plays for the India national women's cricket team, Bengal Women, East Zone Women as well as the Asia Women XI women's cricket team. She is currently the Indian Women's cricket team captain. On 1 February 2009, she was appointed to lead the team for the upcoming world cup.
Indian women's cricket team skipper Jhulan Goswami (right) with her predecessor Anjum Chopra (centre) and cricketer Priyanka at the screening of a promo for Sunil Yash Kalra's docudrama on Indian women's cricket, in Kolkata on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Priyanka was recently nominated for the ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year award.
An integral part of the team, Jhulan is noted for both her batting and bowling (right arm medium) capabilities. She has a Test bowling average of less than 20. In the 2006-07 season she guided the Indian team to first test series win in England.
Indian women's cricket team skipper Jhulan Goswami (right) with her predecessor Anjum Chopra (centre) and cricketer Priyanka at the screening of a promo for Sunil Yash Kalra's docudrama on Indian women's cricket, in Kolkata on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Priyanka was recently nominated for the ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year award.
An integral part of the team, Jhulan is noted for both her batting and bowling (right arm medium) capabilities. She has a Test bowling average of less than 20. In the 2006-07 season she guided the Indian team to first test series win in England.
Jhulan Goswami
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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jhulan Goswami | |||
| Born | 25 November 1982 Calcutta, India | |||
| Nickname | Babul | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India women | |||
| Test debut (cap 8) | 14 January 2002 v England women | |||
| Last Test | 29 August 2006 v England women | |||
| ODI debut (cap 100) | 6 January 2002 v England women | |||
| Last ODI | 21 March 2009 v Australia women | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | T20 | |
| Matches | 8 | 100 | 6 | |
| Runs scored | 263 | 420 | 43 | |
| Batting average | 29.22 | 12.00 | – | |
| 100s/50s | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Top score | 69 | 46 | 27* | |
| Balls bowled | 1618 | 4735 | 132 | |
| Wickets | 33 | 109 | 2 | |
| Bowling average | 16.36 | 22.66 | 60.50 | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Best bowling | 5/25 | 5/16 | 2/14 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 5/– | 38/– | 2/– | |