India women vs England women: Harmanpreet Kaur keen on a 'befitting' farewell to retiring Jhulan Goswami at Lord's

series alrey in pocket, India women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur wants to give a befitting farewell to veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami by winning "special" final ODI against England at iconic Lord's on Saturday. 

Goswami, 39, is set to bid ieu to game after a glorious two dece-long career at end of ongoing tour of England, and Harmanpreet feels a series sweep would be perfect gift to fast bowler.

" Lord's game is very special for us because it's Jhulan's retirement and we wanted to enjoy that game without any pressure and I'm really happy that we were able to win today and now we can just have fun in that game," India skipper said after trouncing hosts England by 88 runs to win a series on ir soil after 23 years.

last time Indian women won an ODI series in England was in 1999 when y triumphed 2-1.

"It's very important (to win) because that will be her last game. It will be a very emotional moment for all of us and we definitely want to win that game," Harmanpreet said.

"Moreover, after winning series now we just wa nt to have fun because I know it's last game for her." skipper said Goswami has been a true inspiration for all players, including herself.

"She's someone who has taught us a lot," said Harmanpreet, who me her ODI debut at 2009 World Cup under Goswami's leership.

"When I debuted she was a leer and I learned a lot from her and now our young bowlers, like Renuka (Singh) and Meghna Singh, y are also learning from her. y are learning how she bowls and getting that rhythm from her. She's been a great inspiration for all of us and we've learned a lot from her." Harmanpreet, who scored a sensational unbeaten 143 off 111 balls on Wednesday night, said with series alrey sealed, India will play freely at Lord's.

"When you win first game, second game is always important and we always try to finish that game as a winning side and today (Wednesday) also we were looking at that only because we don't want to carry any extra pressure on ourselves going to Lord's," she said.

third ODI will be first time both sides will play at Lord's since ir meeting at 2017 World Cup final, which England won by nine runs.

Harmanpreet, who took over as full-time captain after veteran Mithali Raj retired earlier this year, said she enjoys leership role.

"Was a crucial win today (Wednesday) as everybody stepped up. I always enjoy leership as I'm always in game and it feels good. When I was batting, during first 50 runs, it wasn't all that easy." England stand-in skipper Amy Jones said ongoing series against India was a good learning experience for ir young bowlers.

"Every loss is tough and y got away from us at end with bat. Harman batted extremely well. We didn't get close enough, didn't get partnerships. She is very tough to bowl to, and for our young talents, this is a good learning," she said.

"Wherever we bowled, she was finding boundary. With lot of senior ones missing, it's about giving opportunities to youngsters and Lord's is one more step in that direction. Lot to play for as re are points to play for still."