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Legendary Jhulan Goswami may have a stand named in her honour within the ‘B’ Block of the enduring Eden Gardens, following a proposal by the Cricket Affiliation of Bengal. A proposal to rename the ‘B’ Block in honour of the previous India pacer has been positioned earlier than the apex physique of CAB and if all goes effectively, it is going to be unveiled through the India-England T20I on January 22 subsequent 12 months. “I by no means imagined one thing like this could come to fruition. I might undoubtedly love to observe a match from there,” mentioned Goswami.
“For any cricketer, the final word dream is to signify her district, state, or nation, however receiving an honour like that is really monumental.” “A devoted stand is a big, vital honour and it is solely attainable due to the CAB’s imaginative and prescient to advertise ladies’s cricket. Phrases cannot do justice to this recognition,” she added.
Goswami claimed 44 wickets in 12 Checks, a world file 255 scalps in 204 ODIs and recorded one other 56 dismissals in 68 T20Is. With 355 wickets, she holds the file for taking most wickets in worldwide cricket amongst feminine gamers.
Goswami praised CAB for his or her efforts and mentioned, “During the last 8-10 years, CAB has accomplished phenomenal in the direction of the promotion of ladies’s cricket.” Eden Gardens presently has stands named after the previous India captain Sourav Ganguly and late Pankaj Roy in addition to former BCCI presidents, late Jagmohan Dalmiya and Biswanath Dutt.
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