Mithali Raj wants to be there in New Zealand 18 months from now
Reportedly 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 the 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, Mithali had messaged 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.
"To play for india is the biggest honor. 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 anymore. Commenting on ICC's decision to postpone the mega event, Jhulan said the right call was taken as most teams would have been under-prepared had it happened as planned. "With the current COVID-19 situation, the preparation was held up. If you are going to the world cup you have to be prepared. You have a lot of things going in the mind, combinations and ideas and you need time to try them.