Matches (11)
SA v WI (2)
ZIM v NL (1)
NZ v SL (1)
Shield (1)
WI 4-Day (3)
WPL (1)
AFG v PAK (1)
CWC QLF (1)

Full Name

Inderbir Singh Sodhi

Born

October 31, 1992, Ludhiana, India

Age

30y 145d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Playing Role

Bowler

There is little in Ish Sodhi's statistics to suggest he is an international-quality legspinner, but New Zealand's selectors have seen enough in his aggressive approach and keen attitude to hand him a Test debut after only one full season of first-class cricket. Known chiefly for the turn he generates and the flight he fearlessly trusts, Sodhi's journey to top-level cricket has been a triumph of determination over significant odds.

Born in Ludhiana, in the Indian state of Punjab, Sodhi began his cricket in south Auckland, where his parents had migrated in his youth. Papatoetoe High School is not renowned for its cricket, and perhaps as a result, Sodhi had trouble establishing himself in regional representative teams, and may have also been a victim of Auckland's pitches that provide little aid to spin bowlers, and captains who are not versed in how to use them.

Undeterred, Sodhi left school early and a training stint with Dipak Patel and Matt Horne was when his career finally got some traction. A move to Northern Districts allayed the frustration of not being able to displace the spinner in the Auckland side, and after an encouraging 2012-13 season, Sodhi earned a trip to the subcontinent with New Zealand A, which cleared the path to the New Zealand side.
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Career Averages
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test193538032319546/868/17342.943.6570.4210
ODI403819391754514/584/5834.395.4238.0100
T20I9189190325551144/284/2822.418.0516.6300
FC9315817177100153037/3012/6233.053.4956.612172
List A9994484540961324/104/1031.035.0736.7300
T20229224477962492586/116/1124.227.8418.5610
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test192745246522.78106449.2404637110
ODI40204154259.6221870.640067100
T20I91248126197.87118106.770087260
FC9313719258782*21.92481853.6901332037380
List A99531253448*13.0266580.30003519230
T202297232349518.72330105.75012415500
Inderbir Singh Sodhi
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Test
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Recent Matches - Player
MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka10--25-Mar-2023AucklandODI # 4548
Canterbury vs Central D32 & 03/60 & 0/1513-Mar-2023RangioraFC
Canterbury vs Otago463/65 & 3/8706-Mar-2023DunedinFC
Canterbury vs Northern Dis69 & 27*1/46 & 1/525-Feb-2023HamiltonFC
New Zealand vs India01/3401-Feb-2023AhmedabadT20I # 1992
Photos
Ish Sodhi celebrates Suryakumar Yadav's wicket
Ish Sodhi and Tim Southee are up in celebration
Michael Bracewell celebrates with team-mates
Ish Sodhi celebrates with Tim Southee after taking Imam-ul-Haq's wicket
Ish Sodhi wrapped Pakistan's innings up
Ish Sodhi celebrates after completing his five-for