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Full name Sunil Bandacharya Joshi
Born June 6, 1970, Gadag, Karnataka
Current age 38 years 127 days
Major teams India,Bangalore Royal Challengers,Bedfordshire,Karnataka
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
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
137
189
27
4495
118
27.74
4
22
81
0
List A
158
113
28
1678
64
19.74
0
5
42
0
Twenty20
10
6
2
31
10*
7.75
42
73.80
0
0
1
0
2
0
Bowling averages
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
137
33621
13622
534
7/60
25.50
2.43
62.9
26
4
List A
158
7930
5399
182
5/6
5/6
29.66
4.08
43.5
2
2
0
Twenty20
10
10
175
223
7
2/11
2/11
31.85
7.64
25.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
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
Maharashtra v Karnataka at Ratnagiri, Dec 25-28, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1993/94
Last List A
Saurashtra v Karnataka at Visakhapatnam, Apr 2, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Karnataka v Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Delhi, Apr 30, 2008 scorecard
Profile
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
