Jhulan Goswami Stand, Eden Gardens: The T20 series between India and England has started. The first match of the 5 T20 match series between the two teams is being played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. At the same time, before the start of the first T20 match, the stand in Eden Gardens was named after former Indian women cricketer Jhulan Goswami. In this way, for the first time a stand in the International Stadium has been named after a female cricketer.
Jhulan Goswami’s career has been like this
Jhulan Goswami’s international career lasted for almost 20 years. This player made his debut in the year 2002. Whereas she last played for India in the year 2022. Jhulan Goswami took 255 wickets in 204 ODI matches for India. During this period his economy was 3.37 while average was 22. Apart from this, Jhulan Goswami took 56 wickets in 38 T20 matches for India. In this format the economy was 5.45 while the average was 21.9. Jhulan Goswami is counted among the best fast bowlers in the history of women’s cricket.
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🎥 Jhulan Goswami – one of the finest to have ever played the game – rings the bell to start the proceedings today at Eden Gardens!
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At the same time, in the first T20 match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to bowl. England, who came to bat first, did not have a good start. England’s batsmen kept returning to the pavilion at regular intervals. The first two batsmen of England went to the pavilion for 17 runs. Although Jos Buttler held one wicket firmly, the series of wickets continued to fall on the second wicket. Therefore, the England team failed to score big. Varun Chakraborty took maximum 3 wickets for India. Apart from this, Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel took 2-2 wickets.
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