Doshi’s city of dreams

Updated On: 25 June, 2025 09:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello

Departed left-arm spinner Dilip worked on his craft in Mumbai before FC debut for Bengal

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Members of Team India observe a minute’s silence to mourn the death of left-arm spinner Dilip Doshi at Leeds yesterday. The England team paid their respects to Doshi similarly

Dilip Doshi (1947-2025), the former India spinner, who passed away at the age of 77 in London on Monday evening, played first-class cricket for Bengal and Saurashtra, but Mumbai was where he laboured away to perfect his craft.

The departed left-arm spinner spent several months of the year in Mumbai a little before and after he made his first-class debut for Bengal in 1968-69.
On the advice of his father, young Dilip came over to be a standby in the Cricket Club of India team that participated in the Kanga League.

Former India left-arm spinner Dilip Doshi at the Mont Blanc store at Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Colaba in 2014. Pic/Shadab Khan