Watch: Harmanpreet Kaur's Gesture For Jhulan Goswami Will Pull At Your Heartstrings

25.09.2022 - 08:53 sports.ndtv.com

It was a happy ending for legendary India fast bowler Jhulan Goswami as she bowed out of the sport on Saturday after India defeated England by 16 runs to sweep the three-match ODI series.

Before the match, Jhulan was presented with a memento, and was also given a guard of honour by her teammates. However, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur had a memorable gesture in mind for the veteran pacer.

After the team huddle, Harmanpreet was in tears before being hugged by Jhulan. Harmanpreet decided to take Jhulan for the toss alongside her, and the 39-year-old called 'head' after England skipper Amy Jones spinned the coin.

Her gesture of kindness towards the outgoing pacer went viral on social media in no time. Amy Jones and Jhulan Goswami hand shake at the toss along with Harmanpreet Kaurcredits : Sky Sports Cricket#ENGvIND | #ThankYouJhulan pic.twitter.com/e74Uc4wS2I Jones won the toss and put India into bat.

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Despite the experimentation, the Indian team cruised to the summit clash without being challenged much, though it lost to Pakistan in the league stage. India will clash with on Sri Lanka in the final on Saturday for an unprecedented seventh trophy. "This (Asia Cup) is such a platform where you can test your limitations, what type of cricket you want to play and that's what we done in this tournament, always testing ourselves, putting us into pressure," Harmanpreet said on the eve of the title-clash. "We tried a lot of combinations because we have to do those things as the World Cup is around the corner." Harmanpreet said their focus after stepping on to Bangladesh soil was to unearth future match-winners. "When we came to Bangladesh we discussed that every game we have to look for different match winners, we didn't want to depend on one or two players. We wanted everyone to step up and win the game for the team and I am really happy that we are getting different match winners," she said. "The most important thing is to stay positive and keep thinking what you can do better for the team. I don't feel we need to think about too many things, just stay positive."

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