Veteran India woman pacer Jhulan Goswami announced her retirement from T20Is yesterday, a decision which rules her out of the ICC World T20 in the West Indies in November. Goswami, 35, who played 68 T20Is and picked up 56 wickets, felt that age compelled her to quit the shortest format. "I thought I am not giving my 100 per cent to this format since the game moves very fast. I am growing old and getting a bit slow as compared to the others. I tried my best to do well, but when I realised that my performance is not up to my expectation, I decided to stop," Jhulan told mid-day from Kolkata yesterday.

Jhulan played her last match, the Twenty20 Asia Cup final against Bangladesh at Kuala Lumpur in June when India lost by three wickets. Jhulan conceded 20 runs in two overs and returned wicketless. "I was thinking about quitting for the last two to three months. Today I made up my mind to inform to the management [BCCI] and selectors about my decision," she added.