When Gouher Sultana donned Bengal’s jersey on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and performed towards Hyderabad within the Senior Women’s One Day Trophy in 2021, nobody, together with her, would have anticipated her to come back again on the identical venue after three years and have within the Women’s Premier League.
At 35 years and 322 days, Gouher returned from the wilderness after UP Warriorz named her within the enjoying XI for Monday’s conflict towards Delhi Capitals, changing Saima Thakor.
Not many would have heard of Gouher, understandably so, as she featured in a global match virtually a decade in the past.
A left-arm spin bowler and a right-hand batter, Gouher bolted into the Indian group as a 20-year-old in 2008.
Her worldwide profession weighed 50 ODIs and 37 T20Is over the following six years earlier than the Hyderabad bowler performed her closing sport towards Pakistan in early 2014. She amassed 95 wickets throughout 87 worldwide appearances whereas scoring a complete of 102 runs.
A lower-order batter, Sultana may maintain one finish too, doing it famously in an ODI towards England in Taunton in 2012. A 58-run tenth-wicket stand with Amita Sharma had scripted a nail-biting 14-run win.
Meanwhile, on the home entrance, Gouher migrated from Hyderabad to Railways, Puducherry and Bengal earlier than returning residence this 12 months. She was additionally out of the motion in phases between 2021 and 2024.
In Warriorz outfit, Gouher has Sophie Ecclestone and Rajeshwari as fellow left-arm tweakers and sensible allies within the spin division.
Gouher is the second-oldest participant after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Ekta Bisht (37 years) to function within the WPL 2024 match.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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