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Jhulan Goswami: Would love to see cricket in UAE grow

Jhulan Goswami on Thursday visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a part of a programme to inspire budding cricketers in the nation.

Jhulan Goswami spoke on adopting sports as a subject at a very young age © IANS (File Photo)
Jhulan Goswami spoke on adopting sports as a subject at a very young age © IANS (File Photo)

Jhulan Goswami visited UAE on Thursday as part of a programme to inspire budding cricketers in the nation. She was accompanied by India women’s team coach Tushar Arothe. They attended a three-day cricket clinic at the G Force Cricket Academy, following the inauguration of an event at the Shyam Bhatia Cricket for Care Museum. The clinic aims at distributing kits for cricketers at need through their initiative called Cricket for Care, which has also allowed many cricketers around the world to undergo proper and advanced training. Once there, Jhulan spoke on adopting sports as a subject at a very young age. Jhulan to become first Indian woman cricketer to have a biopic

On sports as talent: “Sports should never have any gender bias. It should be for everyone. Love for sports should start from a very young age. I would love to see cricket in the UAE grow. My role will be to inspire the youngsters while Tushar will be doing the coaching side. I will share my experiences with the youngsters as I came from tough surroundings and I too want youngsters here to become good cricketers,” said Jhulan, as reported by Gulf News. Bowl better than me, advises Jhulan to current INDW bowlers

On adopting sports from a young age: While playing for India I have seen many non-Test-playing nations like Thailand and Nepal. If more youngsters from here can take part, then the UAE can regularly appear in Asia Cup and qualify for even bigger tournaments. When coach Tushar suggested about a clinic here I readily agreed and decided to come all the way from Kolkata as I wanted to help the youngsters here.

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