Second Kapil Dev? Naah! the first Jhulan Goswami

Jhulan Goswami left everyone in awe on Thursday when she became the first woman cricketer to claim 200 wickets in ODIs. The 35-year-old bagged the wicket of South Africa opener Laura Wolvaart to achieve this feat in her 166th one-day international. Interestingly, Kapil Dev, the first male cricketer to reach the landmark also added this feather to his illustrious cap in his 166th match.

Social media was all praises for this woman:­­­

She's done it! Jhulan Goswami is the first female cricketer to take 200 ODI wickets! Congratulations @JhulanG10! pic.twitter.com/pzwgUTW6to

— ICC (@ICC) February 7, 2018

What a match this is turning out to be!! Stellar performance by @mandhana_smriti once again. A big congratulations to #JhulanGoswami on her 200th ODI wicket. #Jhulan200 #SAWvINDW pic.twitter.com/Qz8potomrj

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 7, 2018

Jhulan Goswami Becomes First Female Cricketer To Take 200 ODI Wickets. First Male Cricketer To Achieve This Feat Was Also An Indian, The Great Kapil Dev In 1991. Interestingly, Both Took 166 ODIs. Congratulations ???? #JhulanGoswami #Jhulan200 #IndvSA #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/NAuKI0waVL

— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) February 7, 2018

Jhulan Goswami becomes first female cricketer to take 200 ODI Wickets. First male cricketer to the milestone was also Indian – Kapil Dev in 1991.

The incredible part is both Jhulan and Kapil reached the milestone in the same number of ODIs – 166!

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) February 7, 2018

Most wickets in Womens ODIs
200* Jhulan Goswami IND
180 Cathryn Fitzpatrick AUS
146 Lisa Sthalekar AUS
145 Anisa Mohammed WI
141 Neetu David IND#SAvInd

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) February 7, 2018

Another star performer Smriti Mandhana smashed a century to become the first Indian woman to score a ton in three away countries which includes Australia, England and South Africa. Indian Women Cricket team put up a great show to crush their opponents by 178 runs and is eyeing to win the series by 3-0.

Meanwhile, in the 2nd ODI at Kimberley, India women have made 302/3 in their 50 overs against South Africa Women
Smriti Mandhana 135 in 129b
Harmanpreet Kaur 55* in 69b
Veda Krishnamurthy 51* in 33b#SAvInd

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) February 7, 2018

Wonderful to see India's women playing with such authority in South Africa. Especially delighted to see @mandhana_smriti get runs. Quality player.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 5, 2018

Goswami has achieved this milestone with an economy of 3.23. Her best figures of 6/31 came against New Zealand in 2011. She has taken 40 wickets in 10 Test matches. In T20 cricket, she has made 50 scalps in 60 games.

Australia’s Cathryn Fitzpatrick holds the second highest record of taking 180 wickets followed by Lisa Sthalekar on 146. India’s Neetu David occupies the fifth spot with 141 wickets.

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Indian Women Cricket team has come forward showing great resilience. Last year when our women were playing finals against England in the World Cup, it was for the first time when the event was a televised global success, and it recorded unprecedented TRP ratings. They have continued their run-for-win in the recent ongoing series against Proteas too.

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On one hand where the world celebrated the glinting victory of Virat and Co. by 124 runs against South Africa by dancing in front of their television sets, there was no one to celebrate the record created by Jhulan Goswami and Smriti’s maiden century as the match was not telecasted and all the information we could fetch was from twitter handles of ICC and BCCI.