Jhulan Goswami

Personal information

Full name

Jhulan Goswami

Born

25 November 1982 (age 34)
Nadia, West Bengal, India

Nickname

Babul

Height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm medium fast

Role

All-rounder

International information

National side

India

Test debut (cap 51)

14 January 2002 v England

Last Test

16 November 2015 v South Africa

ODI debut (cap 61)

6 January 2002 v England

Last ODI

8 July 2015 v New Zealand

ODI shirt no.

Career statistics

Competition	WTest	WODI	WT20I
Matches	10	148	53
Runs scored	283	901	329
Batting average	25.72	13.65	11.86
100s/50s	0/2	0/1	0/0
Top score	69	57	37*
Balls bowled	1,972	7,189	1,037
Wickets	40	175	45
Bowling average	16.62	21.78	20.17
5 wickets in innings	3	2	1
10 wickets in match	1	0	0
Best bowling	5/25	6/31	5/11
Catches/stumpings	5/–	51/–	18/–

Source: Cricinfo

Jhulan Nishit Goswami (Bengali: ঝুলন গোস্বামী) (born 25 November 1982 in Nadia, West 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.On 1 February 2009, she was appointed to lead the team for the upcoming world cup.

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.

She won the ICC Women's Player of the Year 2007 and the M.A. Chidambaram trophy for Best Women Cricketer in 2011. Recently she is no more the captain of the Indian Women's Cricket team. She is succeeded by Mitali Raj. Currently, she is first in ICC Women's ODI bowling rankings(January 2016).

Also she was the fastest playing bowler in world women cricket after Cathryn Fitzpatrick retired.

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