Veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami knows that consistent performance, backed by supreme fitness, is paramount to stay relevant in the Indian women's cricket team. Goswami, who is 38, is the highest wicket-taker in women's ODIs with 231 scalps. On Tuesday she claimed 4 for 42 to set up India's nine-wicket win over South Africa in the second ODI, helping the side level the five-match series 1-1.

"Representing India is the biggest motivation for me. I don't think you have to look elsewhere for motivation," Goswami said during the post-match interaction. "You cannot belong to the team if you don't perform your best everyday. It's important for us to maintain our fitness and come out strong on the field. It's not going to be easy." The pacer from Bengal had called it quits from T20I format in 2018 in a surprise announcement ahead of the T20 World Cup in the West Indies. "When I retired from T20Is, the most important thing for me was to just focus on one format. I had niggles here and there. It was quite difficult for me to maintain (my fitness).