Nayan Dilip Doshi (born 6 October 1978,

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) is an English

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er, who was released by

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. He is the son of

Dilip Doshi Dilip Rasiklal Doshi (born 22 December 1947) is a former Indian cricketer of Gujarati origin who played in 33 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals from 1979 to 1983. Doshi is one of only four Test bowlers that played their first Test af ...

, who is a former

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Test bowler. Doshi, a left arm spin bowler, first played for Surrey in June 2004, after already playing for the Indian side Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy. At the end of the 2006 cricket season, Doshi signed a two-year contract with Surrey, which was to end after the 2008 season. On 19 July 2007, Surrey announced that this contract had been terminated at Doshi's request. Doshi then signed a short-term deal with

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until the end of the 2007 season. Doshi was due to make his debut in Warwickshire's

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match against Sussex on 8 August that year. However, he was unable to do so owing to confusion surrounding the registration process. Doshi was the first bowler in the

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to take a

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and still finish on the losing side. Nayan Doshi became the oldest player in IPL auction 2021 after Pravin Tambe who was the oldest at the IPL auction 2020.

References

External links

Cricinfo page on Nayan Doshi
1978 births Living people English cricketers Saurashtra cricketers Surrey cricketers Buckinghamshire cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Cricketers from Nottingham Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers Rajasthan Royals cricketers English people of Indian descent {{England-cricket-bio-1970s-stub