Nayan Doshi

Nayan Dilip Doshi (born 6 October 1978, Nottingham) is an English cricketer. He is the son of Dilip Doshi, who is a former Indian 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.

Nayan Doshi

Personal information
Full name	Nayan Dilip Doshi
Born	(1978-10-06) 6 October 1978 (age 46) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Relations	Dilip Doshi (father)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001	Buckinghamshire
2001/02–2013/14	Saurashtra
2004–2007	Surrey
2008	Derbyshire
2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011	Rajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 70 74 52 Runs scored 567 204 10 Batting average 9.00 8.16 2.00 100s/50s –/– –/– –/– Top score 37 38* 5 Balls bowled 12,252 3,145 1,008 Wickets 166 64 68 Bowling average 40.36 44.04 16.80 5 wickets in innings 6 1 – 10 wickets in match 3 – – Best bowling 7/110 5/30 4/22 Catches/stumpings 14/– 21/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 May 2022

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.^[1]

Doshi then signed a short-term deal with Warwickshire until the end of the 2007 season.^[2] Doshi was due to make his debut in Warwickshire's County Championship match against Sussex on 8 August that year. However, he was unable to do so owing to confusion surrounding the registration process.^[3]

Doshi was the first bowler in the Twenty20 Cup to take a hat-trick and still finish on the losing side.^[4] Nayan Doshi became the oldest player in IPL auction 2021 after Pravin Tambe, who was the oldest at the IPL auction 2020.^[5]