With regard to WPL 2023, the franchisees are busy strengthening their teams. The Mumbai franchise has appointed Jhulan Goswami as the bowling coach and mentor of the team.
New Delhi: Former Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj has been appointed mentor and advisor to Adani’s team Gujarat Giants. Mithali retired from all forms of cricket last year after a long career of 23 years. At the same time, former Indian fast bowler Jhulan Goswami will give bowling tips to the bowlers of the Mumbai franchise in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Jhulan, 40, had retired from international cricket last year.
According to media reports, former captain Sourav Ganguly has given this information. Ganguly has recently rejoined the Indian Premier League. He is with the franchise as the team director of Delhi Capitals. Ganguly said that the Capitals wanted to add Jhulan Goswami, but she is going with the Mumbai franchise. Ganguly said, ‘We had proposed him to come with Delhi Capitals. Which Jhulan rejected.
Jhulan’s cricket career
Jhulan has taken 255 wickets in ODIs. At the same time, he has taken 44 wickets in Test matches. Along with this, 56 wickets have been taken in T20. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has recently auctioned the teams for the Women’s Premier League. Adani Group made the biggest bid and bought Ahmedabad for Rs 1289 crore. While Mumbai was bought by Indiawin Sports Private Limited. Royal Challengers Group bought the Bangalore team.
Career of
Mithali Raj Mithali Raj played 12 Tests, 232 ODIs and 89 T20 Internationals for India. Mithali scored 7805 runs in ODIs, which included seven centuries and 64 half-centuries. Mithali has 699 runs in Test matches and 2364 runs in T20. Mithali Raj played her last international match in World Cup 2022 against South Africa. Mithali had played an inning of 68 runs in this match. Under the captaincy of Mithali, the Indian women’s team was successful in reaching the final of the World Cup twice.
