Ex-India Women Cricketer Jhulan Goswami Summoned for SIR Hearing
Kolkata: Former India women’s cricket team captain Jhulan Goswami, along with her two siblings, has been summoned for hearing under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process due to a discrepancy in their father’s name, an official said on Friday. He said their father’s name appears as “Nishith Ranjan Goswami” in some documents and “Nishith Goswami” in others.
“The hearing was scheduled for January 27. Goswami did not have to appear for the hearing in person and resolved the matter at his home, while his two siblings attended the hearing at a local school,” the official said.
A fast bowler, Goswami represented India in 12 Tests, 204 ODIs and 68 T20 ties.
The issue triggered a sharp political backlash, with the Trinamool Congress accusing the BJP of targeting a national sports icon.
Recalling that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had hailed Goswami as the “pride of India” in 2017, TMC said in an
“Exploit our heroes for photo ops, then subject them to humiliation, suspicion and state-sponsored humiliation,” the party said, adding that “a party that doubts the citizenship of Jhulan Goswami has lost all moral authority.”
