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‘The first time I met Jhulan Di I didn’t even reach up to her knee’: Saika Ishaque

Mumbai Indians spinner Saika Ishaque recalled her first meet with her team’s bowling coach Jhulan Goswami when she was a budding cricketer and said in jest that she did not even reach her knee. In a video shared on the MI Twitter handle, Ishaque said, “The first time I met Jhulan Di, I didn’t even reach up to her knee. I have known her since I was that young. Jhulan Di’s support means the world to me.” Recalling her chat with Goswami, the left-arm spinner said, “I have been playing cricket since I was a kid with the boys. What we call ‘Gullyy Cricket’… Back then, I didn’t imagine girls playing cricket (formally). My father’s friend noticed that I play well… He made me join the club. There I met Jhulan Di (Juhlan Goswami). I was mesmerized the first time I saw her, and Jhulan Di even gif...