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2022 World Cup is the goal now: Jhulan

By The Assam Tribune

NEW DELHI, Aug 8: India�s premier pacer Jhulan Goswami will be 39 by the time the postponed Women�s World Cup comes in 2022 but the leading wicket-taker in ODIs has not given up on competing in the mega event, saying she would try to stay in reckoning by performing consistently.

The 2021 ODI World Cup in New Zealand in February-March was expected to be the last one for greats like Jhulan and India captain Mithali Raj.

Following ICC�s announcement on Friday, Mithali had tweeted that the postponement by another 12 months will give her team much need preparation time as the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their plans immensely but the goal remains to win their maiden global trophy.

Jhulan, who too is 37 like Mithali, also wants to be there in New Zealand 18 months from now but says her fitness and performance in the run up to the event will decide that.

�We have got a lot of time for preparation, almost 18 months, but on the other hand, it would have been good if it happened next year as I was focused on that for long,� Jhulan told PTI.

�Now you will need to think beyond that. We have not played any cricket in the past five-six months and players like me (who play only ODIs) played back in November (2019) as all teams played T20s ahead of the World Cup 2020 (in Australia in Feb-March).�

Does she see herself playing the 2022 edition?

�To play for India is the biggest honour. Yes 2022 is the goal now but you have to be part of the process and play matches consistently and perform and then you can think about the World Cup because there is a lot of time left and it is not round the corner any more.

�At this time, I can only think about the next series and performing in it and start from zero and that is what I am going to do. I can�t tell you what may happen between now and 2022 as it is still far way.� � PTI

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