September 20, 2024

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Jhulan Goswami turns into joint-highest wicket taker in Girls’s ODI Global Cup

Veteran Indian fast Jhulan Goswami on Thursday equalled former Australia spinner Lyn Fullston’s tally of 39 scalps to change into the joint-highest wicket taker in Girls’s Global Cup.

The 39-year-old, taking part in in her 5th ODI Global Cup, completed the feat towards New Zealand within the ongoing match when she pushed aside wicketkeeper Katey Martin within the fiftieth over.

Fullston, who performed for Australia from 1982 to 1988, had snapped 39 wickets in 20 fits whilst Goswami completed the feat in her thirtieth recreation. Former England spinner Carole Ann Hodges is in the back of the duo with a haul of 37 wickets from 24 fits.

Having made her debut over 20 years in the past in January 2002, Goswami, popularly know as ‘Chakda Categorical’ could also be the main wicket taker in girls’s ODI historical past, having taken 248 wickets in 197 video games.

She has persevered to be India’s spine with the ball in an illustrious profession and has additionally represented the rustic in 12 Exams and 68 T20Is whilst claiming 44 and 56 wickets within the two codecs respectively.