Person in history

Jhulan Goswami

Jhulan Goswami, Indian cricketer

Life at a glance

Born
1983 · November 25
Age this year
43No death recorded in our data
Known as
cricketer. Citizenship: India
Born
43rd anniversary of their birth this year

Their story

Who they were

Jhulan Goswami is an Indian former cricketer. She played for the India women's national cricket team from 2002 to 2022.

Path and career

Awards / honours: Arjuna Award and Padma Shri in sports.

Career Goswami was born to a middle-class family in the town of Chakdaha in the Nadia district of West Bengal on 25 November 1982. [ 1 ] She took up cricket at the age of 15, [ 2 ] and was previously a football fan. [ 3 ] Goswami began to take interest in cricket when she watched the 1992 Cricket World Cup on TV. She took further interest in the sport after watching Australian batter Belinda Clark in the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup . [ 3 ]

Why this date

Jhulan Goswami appears on our November 25 calendar for 1983 as a birth entry.

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Questions about Jhulan Goswami

When was Jhulan Goswami born?

November 25 1983.

How old would Jhulan Goswami be today?

43 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.

Who else was born on November 25?

Jay Spearing, Talen Horton-Tucker, Remona Fransen and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.

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