Former India pacer Jhulan Goswami has joined Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) as a mentor forward of the ladies’s Caribbean Premier League.
In an illustrious worldwide profession spanning 20 years, Goswami bagged 355 wickets throughout codecs for India earlier than retiring in 2022.
She might be seen within the function of mentor to a staff led by star all-rounder Deandra Dottin, who captained TKR Ladies to the championship title within the inaugural season of WCPL in 2021.
“It’s an honour to affix such a high quality franchise,” Goswami, the previous speedster from Kolkata, mentioned in a launch.
“Knight Riders have executed so nicely in India and all over the world, and to affix TKR Ladies on the WCPL is a pleasure. Due to KKR administration for serious about me as a mentor and I’m actually wanting ahead to this match.”
The Knight Riders administration not too long ago added worldwide superstars Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning, Jess Jonassen and Shikha Pandey to the squad, in a quest to elevate a second WCPL trophy when the motion begins in Trinidad & Tobago this August.
Talking on Goswami’s addition to the TKR setup, Venky Mysore, CEO of the Knight Riders group mentioned: “Jhulan Goswami is an absolute legend of the sport, and we’re very comfortable to have her on board because the mentor of the TKR Ladies’s staff.
“TKR is a really proud unit, with 5 championship titles between the lads’s and girls’s groups over the past 10 years.
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“We strongly imagine that below Jhulan’s mentorship, the staff will attain larger heights. It’s a implausible alternative for the children to choose Jhulan’s brains and study from her experiences to turn out to be higher cricketers themselves. We want to want her all the perfect, and look ahead to seeing her within the TKR setup quickly.”
TKR Ladies will play 4 league matches (vs Barbados Royals and Guyana Amazon Warriors) from August 22-27. The ultimate is scheduled for August 29 on the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba.
TKR Ladies’s squad for WCPL 2024
Retained Caribbean Gamers: Deandra Dottin (c), Kycia Knight (wk), Shamila Connell, Zaida James, Samara Ramnath; New Signings: Meg Lanning, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Shikha Pandey
Word: The remaining six slots within the 15-member squad might be stuffed within the WCPL Draft later this month.