Full Name

Sunil Bandacharya Joshi

Born

June 06, 1970, Gadag, Karnataka

Age

53y 287d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Allrounder

Wisden Overview
A burning passion for cricket at a young age inspired Sunil Joshi to travel 40 miles to Hubli each morning for practice, and then return to his native town of Gadag in time for school. In 1995-96, his orthodox left-arm spin, delivered with the silkiest action seen since the days of Bishan Bedi, and some free-swinging lower-order batting took him to an unprecedented Ranji Trophy double of 500 runs and 50 wickets. It earned him a ticket to England with the Indian team, but a broken finger forced him to return home without bowling a ball on his Test debut. Joshi has had some champagne moments since, such as an astonishing spell of 10-6-6-5 spell in a one-dayer against South Africa, but it's been more a case of just maintaining par, and often slipping below it. Joshi has sometimes been criticised for being too slow through the air - and so too easy to hit over the top - and for not having the stomach for a battle. Rahul Bhattacharya

Sunil Joshi Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests151923529220.7083442.200136470
ODIs69451158461*17.1765389.43014717190
FC16022129512911826.71--426--880
List A1631172917296419.64--05--460
T20s15957832*19.508690.69004130

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests152634511470415/1428/16935.852.5584.1110
ODIs696733862509695/65/636.364.4449.0110
FC160-38251154506157/29-25.122.4262.1-315
List A163-816455931925/65/629.134.1142.5320
T20s1515283338132/112/1126.007.1621.7000
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Sunil Joshi and Rohit Sharma plot India's path to the 2022 T20 World Cup
Sunil Joshi, Harvinder Singh and Rajesh Chauhan at the BCCI headquarters
Chandika Hathurusingha has a chat with Sunil Joshi
The Karnataka State Cricket Association felicitated Sunil Joshi
Sunil Joshi at his retirement ceremony
Karnataka greats watch as Sunil Joshi is presented a book by his son