5 most underrated Indian spinners

#3 Sunil Joshi

Sunil Joshi

It is a little surprising that a man who took more than 800 wickets in his first-class and List A career played only 84 international games (69 ODIs and 15 Tests) for India.

Sunil Joshi made his first-class debut in the 1992/93 season and on the back of some consistent performances, was picked in the Indian team in 1996. But the left-arm spinner played only 15 Tests, picking up 41 wickets at an average of 35.85. He also played 69 one-days in which he took 69 scalps, which included a brilliant 5/6 against South Africa in 1999.

One of Joshi’s main strengths was his impeccable line and length. In addition to his left-arm off-spin, the Karnataka player was also a handy lower order batsman.

But his career coincided with the emergence of arguably India’s greatest spinner Anil Kumble. Thus, he was constantly in and out of the team and his career never took off.