After Jhulan Goswami picked up her 250th ODI wicket against England in the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup, Anushka Sharma, who is headlining a biopic on the pacer, took to Instagram to congratulate her on this feat.
With 40 scalps in her kitty, Goswami has surpassed Australia's Lynette Fullston, who took 39 wickets during her career spanning six year from 1982 to 1988.
India's veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami on Thursday equalled the tally of most wickets in the ICC Women's World Cup. Taking to her Instagram handle, Anushka Sharma shared a clip of the 39-year-old achieving this feat against New Zealand in the ongoing ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2022 at Hamilton. Sharma's next film 'Chakda Xpress' is inspired by Goswami's life and journey.
Goswami became the joint-highest wicket-taker in Women's World Cup history, joining Lynette Ann Fullston at the top with 39 scalps.
Verma was dismissed for a duck in the opening game against Pakistan that Indian won and hasn't exactly done well for the past few games.
Chakda Xpress traces the glorious journey of one of the fastest female pacers in the history of world cricket, Jhulan Goswami. After spending time in the gym to get fitter, Anushka Sharma has begun prep in the nets as well.
Chakda Xpress is based on the fast bowler of India Jhulan Goswami. She moved up the ladder despite the countless hindrances posed by misogynistic politics to fulfil her only dream of playing cricket. The movie marks Anushka Sharma's comeback to films after Zero (2018).
The ICC Team of the Year recognises the achievements of exceptional players who impressed with their on-field exploits in a calendar year.
The movie traces the glorious journey of one of the fastest female pacers in the history of world cricket as she moves up the ladder despite the countless hindrances posed by misogynistic politics to fulfil her only dream: to play cricket.
Anushka Sharma has announced her new film. Titled 'Chakda Xpress', the biopic traces the glorious journey of one of the fastest female pacers in the history of world cricket, Jhulan Goswami. The teaser video is already out. Have you seen it yet?
Raj, who has 738 rating points to her kitty, is behind Lizelle Lee (761) of South Africa and Alyssa Healy (750) of Australia as there was no change in the top-10 batters from the previous rankings.
Beams, who played one women's Test for Australia in 2015 and 30 ODIs and 18 T20Is between 2014 and 2017, said it would be a fitting accolade for the two players.
India were dominant throughout the match, with Smriti's super hundred in the first innings putting them beyond 'hosts' reach.
The 38-year-old Raj, who scored just 87 runs at an average of 29 in the just-concluded three-match series against Australia, now has 738 points in her kitty.
Goswami returned with figures of 3/37 from her 10 overs to play a big role in India's win in the third and final ODI.
Regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time in the women's game, Jhulan began her journey in international cricket nearly two decades ago.
Jhulan also said that the Indian top and middle-order batters will come good. In the first ODI, only skipper Mithali Raj was able score something of note, making 72.
Goswami didn't give a definitive answer on vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur's batting position but indicated that a lot of options will be tried out.
Veteran Jhulan Goswami's four-wicket haul was beautifully complemented by Smriti Mandhana's sparkling 80 not out as Indian women outplayed South Africa by nine wickets in the second ODI to level the five-match series 1-1
Jhulan claimed 4 for 42 to set up India's nine-wicket win over South Africa in the second ODI, helping the side level the five-match series.
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