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Women's World Cup: Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami donate signed match jerseys to Lord's museum

In a heart warming gesture, senior India players Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami have donated their signed match-jerseys to the Lord's museum.

London, July 25: In a heart warming gesture, senior India players Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami have donated their signed match-jerseys to the Lord's museum before bidding adieu to England shores.

Top 5 performances by Indians in WWC 17Top 5 performances by Indians in WWC 17

India ended up runner ups in the just concluded ICC Women's World Cup 2017 after the Women In Blue lost to England in the final by a margin of 9 runs.

Women's World Cup: Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami donate signed match jerseys to Lord's museum

Cricket World Cup's official Twitter handle posted the photo of the signed jerseys from two of Indian women's cricket giants and termed it amazing.

India, under the leadership of their inspirational captain Raj, played their second World Cup final. The Indian eves began their World Cup journey with a stunning win over hosts and champions England by 35 runs.

Both Raj and Jhulan, playing their final world cup, were a vital cog of the Indian side and played a crucial part in team's success in the tournament.

Jhulan's performance of 3/23 in the final against England was lauded by the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. The leading wicket-taker in the ODIs was at the best and ensured India restricted the opposition to 228/7 in the set 50 overs.

Mithali, 34, might have failed to impress with the bat in the tournament finale but the India skipper was in sublime form throughout the tournament. She scored 409 runs in the tournament, just one run short of England's Tammy Beaumont -- who was declared player of the tournament for scoring 410 runs.

Raj also surpassed several records in due course of the tournament as she became the leading runs-corer in ODI format leapfrogging England's Charlotte Edwards and went on becoming first woman to amass 6000 ODI runs.

Team India performed like a unit and the match-winners like Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur just made things easier for the side in the tournament.

Mithali and girls did the biggest upset of the tournament when they stunned defending champions Australia in the semi-final.

The individual brilliance of Harmanpreet proved too hot for Australian eves to handle as they lost the game by 36 runs.

28-year-old Kaur smashed a whirlwind 171* off 115 deliveries as India posted mammoth 282 run target for them to chase in a match reduced to 42 overs each.

OneIndia News

Story first published: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 7:55 [IST]
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