Jhulan Goswami
Women's IPL will be big achievement for country, says Jhulan Goswami
Jaipur/UNI: Indian pacer Jhulan Goswami believes that a full-fledged women's IPL will be a big achievement for the country, especially for the young cricketers who will get the opportunity to share the dressing room with "top-notch Indian and international talent."
"As far as IPL is concerned, we do wish for the full-fledged tournament to start and we are all waiting for that. Women's IPL will be a big achievement for the country and for young cricketers as they are going to share the dressing room with top-notch Indian and international talent," Jhulan said during SportsTiger's show 'Off-the-Field'.
The Indian pacer legend aged 37 now, feels that age is just a number and what matters the most is the passion for the sport.
''As a professional athlete, you never think about age. You just go on with your passion, hard work, and love for the game. You just want to be on the ground as much as possible and that is the most satisfying factor for any athlete. And I am just enjoying myself,'' she said.
Goswami also looked back on how her journey into the world of cricket began and the commonality between her initiation to the game and Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s, where both the journeys started from being a ball boy/girl.
''The 1997 Women’s World Cup was happening in India and I was lucky enough to get a ticket to be honest. I wasn’t 100 per cent aware of the World Cup happening. But the West Bengal government sent across a few complimentary tickets to the girl’s school and as I was into sports I was fortunate enough to get those."
''My dad took me for the match as it wasn’t possible for me to travel alone to Kolkata from my village. It was my first time at the Eden garden and I was standing in front of the main gate of the Cricket Association of West Bengal and they pointed at me and said you are a ball girl,'' Jhulan said.
''It was the proudest moment of my life. You play the same sport as the boys hearing a lot of criticism and a lot of hard comments and seeing Australia and New Zealand girls playing in the final inspired me and I said that if I start playing this sport then I have to play for my country. This was the point I started to take the game seriously and decided to make my career in it,'' she added.
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