An undated picture of former Indian spinner Dilip Doshi. — AFP/File
Indian spin nice Dilip Doshi has died aged 77, with former cricketers praising a person they mentioned had been a “gentleman to the core”.
Doshi died in London on Monday, Indian media reported.
The left-arm spinner was already in his thirties when he made his Take a look at debut in 1979, and completed with 114 wickets in 33 matches.
Doshi additionally performed 15 one-day internationals for India between 1980 and 1982.
Cricket veteran Sachin Tendulkar mentioned Doshi was a “warm-hearted soul”, including that he “will miss those cricketing conversations”.
Former all-rounder Ravi Shastri mentioned that Doshi was “a gentleman to the core and a fine, fine bowler”.
The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) additionally paid tribute to the previous spinner.
A bespectacled Doshi carried ahead the Indian spin legacy began by the well-known quartet of Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna, Srinivas Venkataraghavan and Bhagwath Chandrasekhar.
Doshi bamboozled world batsmen and performed English County cricket, with an extended stint with Nottinghamshire.
