Legendary Indian spinner Dilip Doshi passes away

On Monday (June 23), the 77-year-old former Indian cricketer Dilip Doshi sadly passed away due to cardiac arrest. According to the Cricbuzz report, his close family friend said that the former Indian left-arm spinner died in London. 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA), SCA President Jaydev Shah, former SCA President Niranjan Shah, and many former Indian cricketers have mourned the death of one of the finest Indian spinners. 

The BCCI mourns the sad demise of former India spinner, Dilip Doshi, who has unfortunately passed away in London.

May his soul rest in peace 🙏 pic.twitter.com/odvkxV2s9a

— BCCI (@BCCI) June 23, 2025

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Who was Dilip Doshi?

Dilip Doshi was born on December 22, 1947, in Rajkot. He mainly served for Bengal in his domestic cricket career. He was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. 

(First-class cricket)

Dilip Doshi's first-class cricket career spanned the seasons from 1968-69 to 1986. In his first-class career, he recorded 898 wickets in 238 matches. He recorded 43 five-wicket hauls and six ten-wicket hauls in his first-class career (best bowling figures in an innings were 7/29).

(List A)

Dilip Doshi played the List A cricket format between the 1973-74 season and the 1982-83 season. He took 75 wickets in 59 matches in this format, including three four-fers and a fifer with the best bowling figures of 5/24. 

(Test Cricket)

Dilip Doshi made his Test debut at the age of 31 years and 263 days during the 1979 Chennai Test against Australia. On his Test debut innings, his bowling figures were 43-10-103-6, as he secured the second-best bowling figures in an innings by an Indian Test debutant at that time. His bowling figures in that Test match were 85-25-167-8, and he became the first Indian Test debutant to pick up eight wickets.  

In his Test career, Dilip Doshi recorded 114 wickets in 33 matches, including six fifers (best bowling figures in an innings: 6/102; best bowling figures in a match: 8/103). After Australian leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmett, Doshi became the second bowler to record at least 100 Test wickets after making his Test debut crossing the age of 30. 

(ODI cricket)

Dilip Doshi made his ODI debut on December 6, 1980, when India faced Australia at Melbourne. His bowling figures on his ODI debut were 10-1-32-3, which are still the second-best bowling figures by an Indian spinner on ODI debut.

Dilip Doshi took 22 wickets in 15 ODIs, including two four-wicket hauls with the best bowling figures of 4/30. He was the first Indian spinner and second Indian bowler to record a four-wicket haul in ODI cricket history. Before Kapil Dev recorded India's first ODI five-wicket haul in the 1983 World Cup against Australia, Doshi held the record for India's best ODI bowling figures with 10-0-30-4 against New Zealand in 1980 Brisbane. His last ODI was against Pakistan in Multan on December 17, 1982. 

(Last Test)

Dilip Doshi played his last Test against Pakistan during the 1983 Bangalore Test.