Full name Sunil Bandacharya Joshi
Born June 6, 1970, Gadag, Karnataka
Current age 39 years 173 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 | 147 | 204 | 28 | 4827 | 118 | 27.42 | 4 | 25 | 84 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 163 | 117 | 29 | 1729 | 64 | 19.64 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 10* | 7.75 | 42 | 73.80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 147 | 35953 | 14516 | 572 | 7/29 | 25.37 | 2.42 | 62.8 | 29 | 5 | |||
| List A | 163 | 8164 | 5593 | 192 | 5/6 | 5/6 | 29.13 | 4.11 | 42.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 10 | 10 | 175 | 223 | 7 | 2/11 | 2/11 | 31.85 | 7.64 | 25.0 | 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 | Karnataka v Bengal at Mysore, Nov 17-20, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1993/94 |
| Last List A | Karnataka v Tamil Nadu at Visakhapatnam, Feb 21, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Karnataka v Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Delhi, Apr 30, 2008 scorecard |
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
- Sachin helped me decode Mendis - Yuvraj (Feb 4, 2009)
- Joshi fires Karnataka into quarter-finals (Dec 20, 2008)
- Maharashtra fight but advantage Karnataka (Dec 19, 2008)
- Akhil and the tail frustrate UP (Dec 13, 2008)
- Joshi bowls Karnataka to bonus point (Nov 26, 2008)
Sep 15, 2009
HT Sudhir Rao cuts loose
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Dec 28, 2008
Sunil Joshi was caught behind off Sandeep Jobanputra
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Jan 19, 2007
Sunil Joshi, Karnataka
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