Harit Joshi

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Harit Joshi
is the Principal Sports Correspondent at Mid-day

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Dilip R Doshi, former India Spinner dies at 77 in England.

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Dilip Rasiklal Doshi , dies at 77, he died due to heart issues in London, where he was living for several decades. A well-respected left-arm spinner in English county for a while when India’s spinner trio was in action. He became the only luckiest spinner to play for India at the age of 32 as few other spinner’s effort went in vain. He represented India in 33 Tests for his 114 test wickets, including six five-wickets in innings hauls and he grabbed 22 wickets in 15 ODIs at an economy rate of 3.96 between 1979 and 1983 Doshi was known as a thinking cricketer and brought those characteristics to the fore in the Melbourne Test of 1981 - which India won - An intelligent and patient bowler, Doshi claimed 6 for 100+ runs against Australia England, he was effective on even the most placid tracks. as he played one of the leading roles with a five-wicket haul. He used to bowl with sporting spectacles, played the famous Test with a broken toe. As treatment, at the end of the day, he would app...
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AASIF KARIM

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Jyotsna Amrish Patel

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  Jyotsna Patel First ever Female (India Origin & Gujarati) Cricketer inducted in Cricket Hall of Fame in 2021. She played for India (Member of first ever India Women test team) and first class during the 1974-1978, She played against Australia, New Zealand, and the West Indies. During that period. She also captained the Indore Madhya Pradesh State of India and Central Zone women’s cricket teams. She has also represented the Indore University women’s cricket team and served as captain of the Floor Hockey team for the State of Madhya Pradesh, India, from 1971-1974. Jyotsna Patel was honored with a sports scholarship from 1972-1978 by India’s government, along with a four-year Government of India merit scholarship. Ms. Patel has been honored and recognized for her professional and recreational endeavors, most notably by the professional Who’s Who organization in 2018-2019. A talented cricket administrator, she has served as a member of the Happy Wanderer’s Indore, M.P. In...
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