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Dilip Doshi Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Dilip Doshi Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

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Death Cause: Cardiac Arrest

Death Date: 23/06/2025

Age: 77 Years

Bio/Wiki
Full Name Dilip Rasiklal Doshi
Profession(s) Cricketer (Batsman, Bowler), Businessman
Famous for Being one of India’s most successful left-arm spinners, who took over 100 Test wickets despite debuting internationally after the age of 30
Physical Stats
Height (approx.) 5' 5" (165 cm)
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Salt and Pepper
Cricket
International Debut ODI- 6 December 1980 vs Australia
Test- 11 September 1979 vs Australia
Last Match ODI- 17 December 1982 vs Pakistan
Test- 14 September 1983 vs Pakistan
Domestic/State Team • Bengal (1968/69 – 1984/85)
• East Zone (1968/69 – 1984/85)
• Nottinghamshire (1973 – 1978)
• Warwickshire (1980 – 1981)
Batting Style Left-handed
Bowling Style Slow left-arm orthodox
Awards, Honours • Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year (1969)
• Nottinghamshire Cap (1977)
• Warwickshire Cap (1980)
• BCCI’s Special Award (2018)
Personal Life
Date of Birth 22 December 1947 (Monday)
Birthplace Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Date of Death 23 June 2025 (Monday)
Place of Death London, England
Age (at the time of death) 77 Years
Death Cause Cardiac Arrest
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Signature
Nationality Indian
Hometown Rajkot, Gujarat
College/University • St Xavier’s College, Kolkata
• University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Education Qualification A bachelor degree in law
Religion Hinduism
Food Habit Vegan
Hobbies Reading, Travelling
Social Media Instagram
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death) Married
Marriage Date 1966
Family
Wife/Spouse Kalindi Doshi
Children Son- Nayan Doshi (Cricketer)


Daughter- Visakha Doshi
Parents Father- Rasiklal Doshi (Deceased)


Mother- Sarojini Rasiklal Doshi (Deceased)
Siblings Brother(s)- 2
• Naren Doshi


• Parimal Doshi
Sister- Vasundhara

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dilip Doshi

  • Dilip Doshi was born in Rajkot but grew up in Kolkata, where his father ran a trading business.

  • Dilip was the eldest sibling among all his brothers. His brother, Naren Doshi, was his cricket partner during his childhood.

  • In the initial days of his cricket career, Doshi played in the Rohinton Baria Trophy for Calcutta University. For this, he first enrolled at St. Xavier’s College and later at Law College so he could keep playing in the tournament.

  • Later, Doshi relocated to Mumbai to continue his practice, as it was difficult to do so in Kolkata during the rainy season. He also moved there to participate in monsoon cricket and take part in tournaments like the Kanga League.

  • Initially, he was a part of the Cricket Club of India (CCI), but he was a substitute for a major part.

  • In his early 20s, Doshi began his domestic cricket career playing for Bengal.

  • In his book Spin Punch, Doshi reflected on his early days in Bengal, noting that players from Bengal often had to prove themselves more than those from larger cricketing centres.

  • In the late 1960s and 1970s, Dilip Doshi, along with two other left-arm spinners, Padmakar Shivalkar from Bombay and Rajinder Goel from Haryana and Delhi, dominated the Indian domestic cricket scene.

  • In an interview, he once mentioned that when he was playing for East Zone against England in the 1970s, the Indian selector Raj Singh Dungarpur didn’t attend the match and instead asked England’s manager Ken Barrington to watch and report if he spotted any player playing well.

  • Doshi began his first-class cricket career with Saurashtra but spent the majority of his Ranji Trophy career playing for Bengal. In 1974, he achieved an exceptional feat by taking 6 wickets for just 6 runs against Assam. Throughout his Ranji Trophy career, he achieved a total of 318 wickets, with an impressive average of 18.33.

  • With help from Shatrusalyasinhji Jadeja, a former first-class cricketer, Doshi got a chance to get training with Sussex players in England and play in their Second XI league.

  • In 1977, he made his county debut for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, England.

  • Dilip took a total of 157 wickets at an average of 29.22 during his six years at the club, which ultimately brought Doshi to the attention of the national side.

  • In September 1979, he made his Indian team Test debut at Chennai, against Australia. In an interview, Doshi revealed that he was in England when he got to know the news. He took a few connecting flights to get to Chennai, where he was being called.

  • When he made his debut in Test cricket for India, he was already in his 30s. Doshi performed impressively during that series, and in the final Test match held in Bombay, he emerged as one of the heroes of India’s victory, achieving figures of 5/43 and 3/60. However, his greatest joy came when he took 4/92 at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, his adopted hometown, in front of a crowd of 70,000 fans.

  • After this series, Doshi’s place in the Indian Test team became permanent. He also became the go-to man for captain Kapil Dev . Unfortunately, in the next few years, he failed to give a good performance as a bowler at the international level.

    Dilip Doshi with Kapil Dev

  • Dilip Doshi, alongside Clarrie Grimmett, Saeed Ajmal , and Ryan Harris, was one of only four Test bowlers to debut after the age of thirty and take more than 100 wickets.

  • He was considered one of the worst batsmen in Test cricket history, having a batting average of only 4.60. Doshi holds the record for the most Test match innings in a career without ever batting higher than number 11 in the batting order, having played 38 innings in that position.

  • Dilip made his ODI debut during the 1980–81 India tour of Australia. Dilip played only 15 ODIs for Team India.

    Dilip Doshi, during his ODI debut in 1980

  • In 1981, during the Melbourne Test series, Doshi took 3 Wickets in the first inning and 2 Wickets in the second inning. However, one knows that he had a fracture in his leg while playing this Test series. After many days, in an interview, Doshi revealed this saying,

There was a fracture in my leg but still I said that I want to play. Every evening I used to get Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) in my leg, it was very painful but at the same time, it used to reduce the swelling in my leg because of the fracture. Every next morning I had to put my legs in a bucket full of ice so that my feet could get fit in the shoes! But, very few people will understand that why I had to do that.. I did that because I was rest-assured that we will win the series and I had a crucial role to contribute to it!”