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Jhulan tops ODI bowlers’ list

Newly appointed captain of the Indian women’s team, Jhulan Goswami, heads the list of Reliance Mobile ICC Women’s ODI bowlers’ rankings, which was launched on Thursday by International Cricket Council’s manager for cricket operations, David Richardson.

“Women’s cricket is definitely on the rise and the launch of the ODI rankings is just an indication of this. Since ICC took over the women’s game in 2005 the number of countries playing women’s cricket has quadrupled,” said former South Africa wicket-keeper-batsman Richardson.

“The women’s ODI rankings are exactly similar to the men’s rankings. The next year is an important one for the women’s game with the ICC World Cup scheduled in Australia in March followed by the T20 Women’s World Cup, which is to be held concurrently with the men’s T20 World Cup,” he said.

Jhulan, who is to lead the national team to Australia shortly for a series of one-day internationals preceded by a T20 international, said she was greatly honoured to be the world’s number one bowler as per the rankings list released on Thursday.

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