Full name Sunil Bandacharya Joshi
Born June 6, 1970, Gadag, Karnataka
Current age 47 years 318 days
Major teams India, Bedfordshire, Karnataka, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
15 | 19 | 2 | 352 | 92 | 20.70 | 834 | 42.20 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
69 | 45 | 11 | 584 | 61* | 17.17 | 653 | 89.43 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 17 | 19 | 0 |
First-class | 160 | 221 | 29 | 5129 | 118 | 26.71 | 4 | 26 | 88 | 0 | ||||
List A | 163 | 117 | 29 | 1729 | 64 | 19.64 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 0 | ||||
T20s ![]() |
15 | 9 | 5 | 78 | 32* | 19.50 | 86 | 90.69 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
15 | 26 | 3451 | 1470 | 41 | 5/142 | 8/169 | 35.85 | 2.55 | 84.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
69 | 67 | 3386 | 2509 | 69 | 5/6 | 5/6 | 36.36 | 4.44 | 49.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 160 | 38251 | 15450 | 615 | 7/29 | 25.12 | 2.42 | 62.1 | 31 | 5 | |||
List A | 163 | 8164 | 5593 | 192 | 5/6 | 5/6 | 29.13 | 4.11 | 42.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
T20s ![]() |
15 | 15 | 283 | 338 | 13 | 2/11 | 2/11 | 26.00 | 7.16 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | England v India at Birmingham, Jun 6-9, 1996 scorecard |
Last Test | India v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, Nov 25-29, 2000 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | India v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), Sep 1, 1996 scorecard |
Last ODI | India v Australia at Pune, Mar 28, 2001 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | 1992/93 |
Last First-class | Baroda v Karnataka at Vadodara, Jan 3-4, 2011 scorecard |
List A debut | 1993/94 |
Last List A | Karnataka v Tamil Nadu at Visakhapatnam, Feb 21, 2009 scorecard |
T20s debut | Karnataka v Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
Last T20s | Hyderabad (India) v Karnataka at Hyderabad (Deccan), Oct 19, 2010 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0/12 | Commanders | v Virgo SKings | Sharjah | 7 Feb 2016 | Other T20 |
0/24 | Commanders | v Libra Lngds | Sharjah | 5 Feb 2016 | Other T20 |
1/29, 15 | Rockstars | v Mysuru-W | Mysore | 17 Sep 2015 | Other T20 |
1/28, 7 | Rockstars | v Bulls | Mysore | 13 Sep 2015 | Other T20 |
7, 0/9 | Rockstars | v Bellary | Hubballi | 10 Sep 2015 | Other T20 |
0/20 | Rockstars | v Shivamogga | Hubballi | 8 Sep 2015 | Other T20 |
0/11 | Rockstars | v Panthers | Hubballi | 5 Sep 2015 | Other T20 |
1/16, 10 | Rockstars | v Hubli Tigers | Hubballi | 4 Sep 2015 | Other T20 |
2/50 | Canara Bank | v SB of Hyd | Vadodara | 18 Feb 2014 | Other OD |
5, 3/44 | Canara Bank | v BPCL | Vadodara | 17 Feb 2014 | Other OD |
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