CAB To Name A Stand In Eden Gardens After Jhulan Goswami- Reports

Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) earlier today announced that they are planning to name a stand at the Eden Gardens after Jhulan Goswami. As an honorary gesture, CAB organised the telecast of her last game at an Inox auditorium in South Kolkata before 170 budding women cricketers, CAB members and office bearers.

The 39-year-old played her final international game at Lord’s as India take on England in an ODI. Jhulan has 353 wickets to her name in international cricket which is the most in the women’s game and also holds the record for taking most wickets (43) in Women’s World Cups.

A special felicitation is to be held for Jhulan Goswami confirms CAB President

Talking at the venue, CAB President said, “We are planning to name a stand after Jhulan Goswami at Eden Gardens. She is a special cricketer and deserves to be with the legends. We will approach the army for the necessary permission. We are also planning a special felicitation for her on an annual day.”

“At CAB we give equal importance to women’s cricket and hence we see so many talented cricketers. They are of course inspired by Jhulan’s achievements. Though she has retired from international cricket we would love her to play in the woman’s IPL,” he added.

Jhulan Goswami can play domestic cricket, reveals CAB secretary

CAB Secretary Snehasish Ganguly said, “She is a legendary cricketer. She revolutionized women’s cricket and especially fast bowling. We have made her the mentor of the Bengal Women’s cricket as we want to get her valuable advice. We have plans to involve her in the development of women’s cricket. We also want her to play domestic cricket if she wants.”

“We treat women’s cricket with value and it shows as all our teams do so well domestically,” he added.

Jhulan Goswami is a three-time winner of the Women’s Asia Cup and was part of two Indian teams that managed to reach the finals of the World Cup — 2005 and 2017.

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