The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday (December 27) announced its Women’s ODI Team of the Decade and two veteran Indian stars Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami were honored and recognized for their hard work and contribution to the game over the years.
While Goswami and Mithali named in Women’s ODI Team of the Decade, India’s Harmanpreet Kaur and Poonam Yadav made it to XI in the ICC T20I Team of the Decade on Sunday.
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After being named in the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Decade, the veteran all-rounder Goswami, who is the most successful bowler in ODI format for women with 225 wickets in 182 matches, felt honored with the recognition and said he will always cherish it forever.
As per reports in Times of India, Goswami said of the latest honor: “Getting nominated in the list is a big achievement and to find a place in the ODI team of the decade is indeed special. I feel blessed to finish this year with this honor. I will cherish it forever.”
The pacer, who played two ODI World Cup finals (2005, 2017), continued, “I fell in love with the game after watching the 1997 Australia vs New Zealand women's World Cup final at the Eden Gardens. Back then the dream was to play for India and maybe get one wicket.
I never planned my success. The only target was to contribute to India and every time I do that it gives me immense joy.”
On one most memorable ODI match, Goswami said, “Every wicket I picked is like my baby. It will be unfair to pick one wicket or one match as special.”
She signed off by saying about her next goal, “As of now the target is to get back to playing competitive cricket but if you ask me about a goal then it will be to win the ODI World Cup in 2022. It's a dream to take a victory lap with the cup.”
