Full Name

Dilip Rasiklal Doshi

Born

December 22, 1947, Rajkot, Gujarat

Age

76y 98d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Bowler

RELATIONS

(son)

Immaculate control of flight and turn made Dilip Doshi a much-respected left-arm spinner in English county cricket some time before he donned his country's colours. In another age, Doshi might have gone on to play 100 Tests for India. But like Rajinder Goel and Padmakar Shivalkar before him, he was doomed to play out the bulk of his career in the immense shadow of Bishan Singh Bedi. An intelligent and patient bowler, Doshi was effective on even the most placid tracks. He played his first Test in 1979-80, when he was 32, and immediately became Kapil Dev's main foil in an emasculated attack. For the next three years, he was an ever-present figure, glasses gleaming, and reached 100 wickets in only 28 Tests (he and the legendary Australian legspinner Clarrie Grimmett are the only two to reach that landmark after making their debuts past 30). Doshi's uneasy relationship with Sunil Gavaskar - especially during the Pakistan tour of 1982-83 - was primarily responsible for his Test career running into a brick wall.
Dileep Premachandran

Dilip Doshi Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests3355932235021146/1028/10330.712.2581.7460
ODIs1515792524224/304/3023.813.9636.0200
FC238-58712238748987/29-26.582.4365.3-436
List A59-30841935755/245/2425.803.7641.1310

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests333810129204.60--00130100
ODIs155295*3.002045.00000030
FC238253701442447.87--00--620
List A5923109519*7.30--00--70
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Debut/Last Matches of Dilip Doshi

Recent Matches of Dilip Doshi

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
East Zone vs England XI4 & 02/9019-Dec-1984GuwahatiFC
East Zone vs Central Zone10/620-Oct-1984BrabourneFC
East Zone vs North Zone3* & 101/10412-Jan-1984CuttackFC
East Zone vs West Indians1 & 145/12503-Dec-1983CuttackFC
India vs Pakistan01/5214-Sep-1983BengaluruTest # 961

Photos of Dilip Doshi

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Dilip Doshi took five wickets in the match
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Dilip Doshi in action during the 1982 England tour
Dilip Doshi bowls