3 Forgotten Indian Cricketers from the 90s

#3 Sunil Joshi

Sunil Joshi

Sunil Joshi is regarded as one of the finest left arm off spinners that Karnataka has ever produced. Joshi, a talented off-spinner was also a useful batsman in the lower middle order for Team India. Joshi represented Team India for a brief period between 1996-2001 in both Test and One-Day cricket.

In a career lasting 5 years, Joshi played 67 ODI games and 15 Test Matches. In 67 ODI’s, Sunil Joshi picked up 69 wickets at an average of 36.36, with the best figures of 5 / 6 against South Africa at Nairobi in 1999. This still remains the best 5-fer for any left arm off spinner in One-Day Cricket.

Despite the odd good performance with the ball, Sunil Joshi couldn’t deliver big at the big stage. He was promoted to bat at the top of the order as a pinch hitter multiple times but couldn’t make full use of it. Further, with the emergence of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh at the bigger, Joshi’s career has subsided and the off-spinner never made a comeback.