Jhulan Goswami wins CSJS award for best sportsperson of 2018

Jhulan Goswami, world’s leading wicket-taker in women’s one-day internationals, was awarded the ‘Best Sportsperson’ award by the Calcutta Sports Journalists’ Club here Tuesday.

The CSJS also honoured Bengal’s Ranji Trophy winning captain and former national selector Sambaran Banerjee and former India winger Sukumar Samajpati with the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ awards.

Awardees: Best Sportsperson: Jhulan Goswami; Lifetime Achievement awards: Sambaran Banerjee and Sukumar Samajpati; Special award (bridge): Shibnath De Sarkar and Pranab Bardhan; Special award (kabaddi): Payel Chowdhury; Promising Sportsperson of the Year: Neelash Saha.

State awards: Best cricketer: Tanusree Sarkar; Best footballer: Pritam Kotal; Best athlete: Lily Das; Best chess player: Utsab Chatterjee; Best TT player: Krittwika Sinha Roy.

First Published: Apr 24, 2019 11:44 IST