Jhulan Goswami
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The 35-year-old has won many awards, including the Arjuna Award (2010) and the Padma Shri (2012) from the Government of India in recognition of her contributions to the women's cricket (Photo: Facebook)
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In 2007, she was conferred with the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year award. Jhulan received the award from none other than World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni (Photo: Facebook)
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Jhulan,39, who led India's pace bowling attack in 283 international matches started her International journey in January 2002 at Chennai. (Photo: Facebook)
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The speedster had to struggle a lot in her initial days of cricket as her parents wanted her to focus on studies instead of sports. Jhulan used to travel 80 km, via a local train, to undergo training in Kolkata (Photo: Facebook)
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Also known as Chakdah Express, Jhulan was the once fastest female bowler in the world. Bowling at an average speed of 120km/hr, the Indian dominates the best of batswomen even today (Photo: Facebook)
