Sunil Joshi

Joshi in 2013

Personal information

Full name

Sunil Bandacharya Joshi

Born

6 June 1970 (age 46)
Gadag, Karnataka

Batting style

Left-hand bat

Bowling style

Slow left-arm orthodox

Role

Bowler, Coach

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	15	69	160	163
Runs scored	352	584	5,129	1,729
Batting average	20.70	17.17	26.71	19.64
100s/50s	0/1	0/1	4/26	0/5
Top score	92	61*	118	64
Balls bowled	3451	3386	38,251	8,164
Wickets	41	69	615	192
Bowling average	35.85	36.36	25.12	29.13
5 wickets in innings	1	1	31	2
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	5	n/a
Best bowling	5/142	5/6	7/29	5/6
Catches/stumpings	7/–	19/–	88/–	46/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 November 2015

Sunil Bandacharya Joshi (Kannada: ಸುನಿಲ್‌ ಬಂಡಾಚಾರ್ಯ ಜೋಷಿ) pronunciation born 6 June 1970) is a former Indian cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls slow left arm spin and bats left-handed.

He used to travel 40 miles to Hubballi each morning for practice, and then return to his native town of Gadag in time for school. Such was his desire and passion for cricket.

Joshi played both Test and One Day International cricket for India between 1996 and 2001. His usual role in the team was to provide runs from the lower order and act as a secondary spin bowler to support the likes of Anil Kumble. Despite being a regular in the national team during this period, he was not selected for the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

His most famous bowling performance for India came in an ODI match against South Africa in the LG Cup in 1999. He returned figures of 10–6–6–5 helping India to victory in that match. Three years later, the performance was rated in the Wisden 100 as the seventh best ODI bowling performance to that date.

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