Women’s World Cup: India senior bowler Jhulan Goswami on Wednesday said she has not kept a count of how many wickets she has taken in the Women’s World Cup and it is important as a senior member to go on the field and perform well. Follow Women’s World Cup updates on Insidesport.IN
Jhulan is one wicket away from equaling and two wickets away from being the highest wicket-taker in the World Cup. Jhulan’s remarks came ahead of India’s upcoming Women’s 50-over World Cup encounter against New Zealand on Thursday at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
Women’s World Cup: As senior member of team, it’s important for me to perform well, says Jhulan Goswami
“Honestly speaking I don’t know that – thank you. Honestly speaking, I don’t know, I’m not aware of how many wickets I have but important is as a senior member of the side, go there and perform well, give a good start, give early breakthrough. That is my job and I want to stick to my role and that is the important thing. If you play for a long time, you are going to achieve a few individual milestones,” Jhulan Goswami said during a virtual press conference.
“Yes, that matters, that gives you a lot of joy but important is how you contribute to the team. That’s the most important thing for me and I always believe that. For me, if I’m doing well but my team is not winning, that does not give me good (feeling). I don’t enjoy those things, I enjoy when I contribute and the team wins. Thank you for letting me know about this, I was not aware and I’m really looking forward to tomorrow’s match, I want to contribute and do well,” she said.
Women’s World Cup: As senior member of team, it’s important for me to perform well, says Jhulan Goswami
Goswami said the team has been waiting for the world cup. “First of all, definitely we all are looking forward – really waited for it since a long time. There’s been ups and down, few niggles here and there along with that a bit of rehab work and we had to work through it.”
“But at the same time when the first match was over, I realized at night… I felt that finally, I have come back to the World Cup and since 2017, I haven’t played any ICC event like in a World Cup kind of tournament. It gave me a lot of joy because I was waiting for a long time and it felt good,” she added.
India had defeated Pakistan by 107 runs in their tournament opener and the Mithali Raj-led side will look to continue with the momentum against New Zealand.
Women’s World Cup: As senior member of team, it’s important for me to perform well, says Jhulan Goswami
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