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{{Short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{for-multi|the shandar player cricketer who played for Delhi|Sunil Joshi (Delhi cricketer)|the Nepalese weightlifter|Sunil Lal Joshi}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer 
|               name = Sunil Joshi
|              image = Sunil Joshi in 2013.jpg
|            caption = Joshi in 2013
|            country = India
|           fullname = Sunil Bandacharya Joshi
|         birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|06|06|df=yes}}
|        birth_place = [[Gadag]], Mysore State (present{{endash}}day [[Karnataka]]), India
|            batting = Left-handed
|            bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] 
|               role = [[All rounder]]
|      international = true
|  internationalspan = 1996–2001
|      testdebutdate = 6 June
|      testdebutyear = 1996
|   testdebutagainst = England
|            testcap = 202
|       lasttestdate = 25 November
|       lasttestyear = 2000
|    lasttestagainst = Zimbabwe
|       odidebutdate = 1 September
|       odidebutyear = 1996
|    odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe
|             odicap = 98
|        lastodidate = 28 March
|        lastodiyear = 2001
|     lastodiagainst = Australia
| club1              = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| year1              = 1992–2011 
| club2              = [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]
| year2              = 2008
| columns            = 4
| column1            = [[Test cricket|Test]] 
| matches1           = 15 
| runs1              = 352 
| bat avg1           = 20.70 
| 100s/50s1          = 0/1 
| top score1         = 92 
| deliveries1        = 3,451 
| wickets1           = 41 
| bowl avg1          = 35.85 
| fivefor1           = 1 
| tenfor1            = 0
| best bowling1      = 5/142 
| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–
| column2            = [[One Day International|ODI]] 
| matches2           = 69 
| runs2              = 584 
| bat avg2           = 17.17 
| 100s/50s2          = 0/1 
| top score2         = 61[[not out|*]] 
| deliveries2        = 3386 
| wickets2           = 69 
| bowl avg2          = 36.36 
| fivefor2           = 1 
| tenfor2            = 0
| best bowling2      = 5/6 
| catches/stumpings2 = 19/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 160
| runs3 = 5,129
| bat avg3 = 26.71
| 100s/50s3 = 4/26
| top score3 = 118
| deliveries3 = 38,251
| wickets3 = 615
| bowl avg3 = 25.12
| fivefor3 = 31
| tenfor3 = 5
| best bowling3 = 7/29
| catches/stumpings3 = 88/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 163
| runs4 = 1,729
| bat avg4 = 19.64
| 100s/50s4 = 0/5
| top score4 = 64
| deliveries4 = 8,164
| wickets4 = 192
| bowl avg4 = 29.13
| fivefor4 = 2
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 5/6
| catches/stumpings4 = 46/–
| date = 30 November
| year = 2015
|medaltemplates= <!-- Mention Host Nations for Team Sports -->
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{cr|IND}}}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Champions Trophy]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy|2000 Kenya]]|}}
| source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29725.html ESPNcricinfo]
}}

'''Sunil Bandacharya Joshi''' ({{Audio|Sunil_Joshi.ogg|pronunciation}}; born 6 June 1970) is an Indian former [[cricket]]er and former selector of the India cricket team. He played as an [[all-rounder]] who bowled [[left arm orthodox spin|slow left arm spin]] and batted left-handed. Sunil Joshi was appointed as chief selector of the senior men's cricket team on 4 March 2020. He was a part of the squad which finished as [[2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy final|runners-up]] at the [[2000 ICC Champions Trophy]].

== Early life==
Sunil Joshi was born in a [[Hindu]] Madhwa Brahmin Family<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7KICwAAQBAJ|title=The Southasian Sensibility: A Himal Reader|author=Kanak Mani Dixit|date=11 September 2012|publisher=SAGE Publications|access-date=13 August 2012|page=176|isbn=978-8132116974}}</ref> on 6 June 1970 in [[Gadag]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|title='A born cricketer', Joshi shines on home|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/A-born-cricketer-Joshi-shines-on-home/articleshow/8009410.cms|publisher=Times of India|access-date=18 April 2011}}</ref> He used to travel {{Convert|40|mi|km|abbr=}} to [[Hubballi]] each morning for practice, and then returned to his native town of [[Gadag]] in time for school.

==Domestic career==
At state level he played for [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] throughout his career. In the 1995–96 season of the [[Ranji Trophy]] he achieved the impressive double of scoring 500 runs and capturing 50 wickets. He also played briefly for the [[Bedfordshire County Cricket Club]] in [[England]] during the 2004 [[National Counties Cricket Championship|Minor Counties Cricket Championship]].

Joshi represented the [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] in the 2008 and 2009 seasons of the [[Indian Premier League]] and was under contract till 2010.

==International career==
Joshi played both [[Test cricket|Test]] and [[One Day International]] cricket for [[Indian cricket team|India]] between 1996 and 2001. His usual role in the team was to provide runs from the lower order and act as a secondary spin bowler to support the likes of [[Anil Kumble]]. Despite being a regular in the national team during this period, he was not selected for the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

His most famous bowling performance for India came in an ODI match against [[South African cricket team|South Africa]] in the [[LG Cup in Kenya in 1999-2000|LG Cup]] in 1999. He returned figures of 10–6–6–5 helping India to victory in that match.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/OD_TOURNEYS/LGCUP/SCORECARDS/IND_RSA_LGCUP_ODI2_26SEP1999.html 2nd Match: India v South Africa at Nairobi (Gym), 26 September 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPNcricinfo]. ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved on 17 June 2016.</ref> Three years later, the performance was rated in the [[Wisden 100]] as the seventh-best ODI bowling performance to that date.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

On 21 June 2012, Joshi formally announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article3544055.ece Sunil Joshi to retire]. Thehindu.com (19 June 2012). Retrieved on 2016-06-17.</ref>

== Coaching career ==
Joshi has coached the [[Hyderabad cricket team]]<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/534664.html Sunil Joshi appointed Hyderabad coach]. Espncricinfo.com (3 October 2011). Retrieved on 2016-06-17.</ref> and more recently has been a coach for [[Jammu & Kashmir cricket team]].<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/795199.html Joshi replaces Bedi as J&K coach]. Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved on 17 June 2016.</ref> Joshi tasted early success when his Jammu & Kashmir team beat the Ranji giants [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]], in the preliminary rounds of [[2014–15 Ranji Trophy]]. Earlier, he had coached his team to the Ranji Trophy Super League Quarter-finals in his debut season as coach from Plate Division.

In December 2015, Joshi was named the spin bowling coach of the [[Oman cricket team]] ahead of the [[2016 ICC World Twenty20]] played in India in March 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunil Joshi appointed Oman spin-bowling coach|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/953255.html|access-date=19 December 2015|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=19 December 2015}}</ref>

In July 2016, Joshi was named as head coach of [[Assam cricket team]] next two [[Ranji Trophy]] seasons. He replaced his former state teammate [[Sanath Kumar]] as the head coach [[Assam cricket team]].

In August 2017, Joshi was named as the spin bowling consultant of [[Bangladesh cricket team]]. In July 2019, he was appointed as the spin bowling coach of the [[United States national cricket team]] on a short-term basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usacricket.org/team-usa-men/usa-cricket-announces-new-national-team-coaching-structure/ |title=USA Cricket Announces New National Team Coaching Structure |work=USA Cricket |date=13 July 2019 |access-date=13 July 2019}}</ref>

In January 2023, Joshi was appointed as spin bowling coach of [[Punjab Kings]] for the [[2023 Indian Premier League|16th edition of the Indian Premier League]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 January 2023 |title=IPL 2023: Punjab Kings Appoint Sunil Joshi As Bowling Coach |url=https://www.probatsman.com/ipl-2023-punjab-kings-appoint-sunil-joshi-as-bowling-coach |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=ProBatsman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunil Joshi appointed Punjab Kings' spin-bowling coach |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2023-sunil-joshi-appointed-punjab-kings-spin-bowling-coach-1354213 |access-date=2023-01-16 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

== Cricket administration ==

The [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) on 4 March 2020 announced the appointment of Joshi as the new chief selector of Indian men's cricket team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/bcci-appoints-sunil-joshi-as-new-chief-selector-of-indian-mens-cricket-team-2189815?pfrom=home-topstories|title=BCCI Appoints Sunil Joshi As New Chief Selector Of Indian Men's Cricket Team |work=BCCI}}</ref>

==Outside Cricket==
Joshi joined [[Canara Bank]] under ''Sports Quota'' and is currently serving in the position of Deputy General Manager.

==References==
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==External links==
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