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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Dilip Doshi
| image =
| fullname = Dilip Rasiklal Doshi
| country = India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|12|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Rajkot]], [[Rajkot State]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox
| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
| international = true
| testdebutdate = 11 September
| testdebutyear = 1979
| testdebutagainst = Australia
| testcap = 146
| lasttestdate = 14 September
| lasttestyear = 1983
| lasttestagainst = Pakistan
| odidebutdate = 6 December
| odidebutyear = 1980
| odidebutagainst = Australia
| odicap = 31
| lastodidate = 17 December
| lastodiyear = 1982
| lastodiagainst = Pakistan
| club1 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1968/69–1984/85}}

| club3 = [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]
| year3 = 1973–1978
| club4 = [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]]
| year4 = 1980–1981
| club2 = [[East Zone cricket team|East Zone]]
| year2 = 1968/69–1984/85
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 33
| runs1 = 129
| bat avg1 = 4.60
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 20
| deliveries1 = 9,322
| wickets1 = 114
| bowl avg1 = 30.71
| fivefor1 = 6
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 6/102
| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 15
| runs2 = 9
| bat avg2 = 3.00
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 5*
| deliveries2 = 792
| wickets2 = 22
| bowl avg2 = 23.81
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/30
| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 238
| runs3 = 1,442
| bat avg3 = 7.87
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 44
| deliveries3 = 58,712
| wickets3 = 898
| bowl avg3 = 26.58
| fivefor3 = 43
| tenfor3 = 6
| best bowling3 = 7/29
| catches/stumpings3 = 62/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 59
| runs4 = 95
| bat avg4 = 7.30
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0
| top score4 = 19[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 3,084
| wickets4 = 75
| bowl avg4 = 25.80
| fivefor4 = 1
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 5/24
| catches/stumpings4 = 7/–
| date = 5 October
| year = 2016
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28107.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Dilip Rasiklal Doshi''' {{audio|Dilip_Doshi.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 22 December 1947) is a former Indian [[cricket]]er of [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] origin<ref>{{cite web|title=Those Nights in Nairobi|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/those-nights-in-nairobi/290794|publisher=[[Outlook India]]|date=2 June 2014|first=Pranay|last=Sharma}}</ref> who played in 33 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and 15 [[One Day International]]s from 1979 to 1983.

Doshi is one of only four Test bowlers that played their first Test after the age of thirty, yet went on to take more than 100 wickets, the other three being [[Clarrie Grimmett]], [[Saeed Ajmal]] and [[Ryan Harris (cricketer)|Ryan Harris]].

==In Test Cricket==
Doshi was already in his 30s when he made his Test debut at [[Chennai]], against [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] in September 1979). Having waited for so long, he wasted no time making his presence felt: with figures of 6/103 and 2/64 he was India's best bowler in the match.<ref name="espncricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63241.html |title=1st Test: India v Australia at Chennai, Sep 11–16, 1979 |access-date=2011-12-13|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He continued to perform well in the series and in the final test match at [[Mumbai|Bombay]], he was one of the heroes of an India victory with figures of 5/43 and 3/60. But perhaps, his greatest joy came, when he took 4/92 at Eden Garden, [[Calcutta]], his (adopted) home town, in front of a70,000 strong crowd.

After this series, Doshi's place in the Indian Test team became permanent. Unfortunately, in the next few years hr failed to emerge as regular match winning bowler in the international level. He was accurate and consistent, but failed to show the killing instincts. His only match winning effort after the Aussie series came at [[Mumbai|Bombay]], against [[England cricket team|England]], in 1981–82. His 5/39, helped India gain a vital first innings lead in a low scoring match.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120716125317/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28107.html?class=1;template=results;type=allround;view=innings] Cricinfo Player Page Dilip Doshi (Retrieved on 2009-06-17)</ref> The emergence of [[Maninder Singh (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]] during the 1982–83 season hastened the end of Doshi's test career.Unreferenced. Please don't add again without [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources|reliable and published]] [[WP:THIRDPARTY|third-party sources]]

'''Career Test Bowling performances against other countries:'''<ref>

[http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28107.html?class=1;opposition=8;template=results;type=allround;view=innings] Cricinfo Player Page: Dilip Doshi (Retrieved on 2009-06-30)</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" width="80%"
|-

! style="text-align:left;" | Opposition
!| Matches
!| Wickets
!| Average
!| Best
!| 5/I
|- style="text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]]
||9
||38
||28.15
||6/103
||2
|- style="text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | [[England national cricket team|England]]
||10
||36
||27.55
||6/102
||2
|- style="text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | [[New zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]]
||2
||5
||32.80
||2/18
||0
|- style="text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]
||11
||27
||38.66
||5/90
||1
|- style="text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]]
||1
||8
||29.00
||5/85
||1
|- style="text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Overall]]
||33
||114
||30.71
||6/102
||6
|}

Doshi is considered one of the worst batsmen in Test cricket history, with a batting average of only 4.60. Doshi holds the record for the most Test Match innings in a career without ever batting above someone else in the order, with 38 innings batting at number 11 in the order.<ref>{{cite book|last=Walmsley|first=Keith|title=Mosts Without in Test Cricket|year=2003|publisher=Keith Walmsley Publishing Pty Ltd|location=Reading, England |isbn=0947540067|pages=457}}</ref>

==In ODIs==
Doshi made his ODI debut during the 1980–81 tour of Australia. At [[The Gabba|Gabba]], against NZ, he produced his best figures of 4/30. Both his average 23.81 and RPO(3.96) in ODIs are impressive. But, he wasn't the most mobile of fielders, and with him being a real rabbit with the bat, he played only 15 ODIs for India. All-rounder [[Ravi Shastri]] was preferred to him for the 1983 WC.<ref>[http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28107.html?class=2;type=allround]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Cricinfo Player Page Dilip Doshi (Retrieved on 2009-06-18)</ref>

==In first-class cricket==
Though Doshi made his first class debut with [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]], he played most of his [[Ranji Trophy]] cricket with [[Bengal]]. It was for [[Bengal]] that he achieved the remarkable figures of 6 wickets for 6 runs against [[Assam]] in 1974. Overall, his long [[Ranji Trophy]] career shows 318 wickets at an impressive average of 18.33.<ref name="Kasturi 1995">"Indian Cricket 1995" (Compiled by P.V. Vaidyanathan), Kasturi & Sons Limited, Madras. Published in December 1995.</ref>

He also played first class cricket for [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] and [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] in the English midlands. Overall, his first class career shows 898 wickets at 26.58 a piece.
<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28107.html] Cricinfo Player Page Dilip Doshi (Retrieved on 2009-06-18)</ref>

In March 1983, he led a [[West Bengal cricket team in Bangladesh in 1982-83|West Bengal]] side for a short tour of [[Dhaka]]. In the 3-day match, he led his side to an emphatic win with figures of 7/39 & 5/74. The guile of his spin was too much for the [[Bangladesh cricket team|Bangladeshi]] batsmen. He took 3/27(from 9 overs) in the 45 over match.<ref>Hasan Babli. "Antorjartik Cricket Bangladesh". Khelar Bhuban Prakashani, November 1994.</ref>

==The unfortunate trio==
Throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, three left arm spinners dominated the Indian domestic cricket scene. Along with Doshi there were, [[Padmakar Shivalkar]] from [[Mumbai|Bombay]], & [[Rajinder Goel]] of [[Haryana]] & [[Delhi]]. [[Rajinder Goel|Goel]] still holds the record for the highest number of wickets in the [[Ranji Trophy]] (640 at 17.14). [[Padmakar Shivalkar|Shivlakar]] holds the record for his team [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]. Years after years, they destroyed strong batting line ups in Indian cricket with the guile of their spin, only to be overlooked by the national selectors. The only reason was the presence of [[Bishan Singh Bedi|B.S. Bedi]]. With a world class left arm spinner readily available, the selectors were reluctant to give the others much chance. Thus, Shivalker and Goel had to content themselves with a few unofficial test matches against [[Sri Lanka]]. Goel was specially unlucky, in the sense that he was originally selected to make his official Test Debut against WI at Delhi, in 1974–78. But a last minute change saw off spinner [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan|Venkat]] replacing him. Doshi, in that sense, can be considered to be the luckiest; at least he got the chance to represent India in full internationals. Nevertheless, he too lost the best years of his playing career waiting for his chance to come.<ref name="Kasturi 1995"/>

==See also==
* [[List of India cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut]]

==References==
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