Tushar Deshpande

Tushar Deshpande (born 15 May 1995) is an Indian cricketer who has played for Indian national cricket team. He debuted for Indian team in July 2024 against Zimbabwe.^[1] Currently he plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.^[2] He is a right-arm medium pace bowler.

Tushar Deshpande

Deshpande during the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Personal information
Full name	Tushar Uday Deshpande
Born	(1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 29) Kalyan, Maharashtra, India
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	India
T20I debut (cap 115)	13 July 2024 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	14 July 2024 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no.	36
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016–present	Mumbai
2020–2021	Delhi Capitals
2022–present	Chennai Super Kings
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 April 2023

In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.^[3][4] In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.^[5] In February 2022, he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.^[6] He became the first Impact Player in the IPL history.^[7] In July 2024, he was included in India's suad for T20 series against Zimbabwe.^[8]

References

1. "Tushar Deshpande gets India cap". India Today.
2. "Tushar Deshpande". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
3. "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
4. "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
5. "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
6. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
7. "The first Impact Players of IPL 2023: Gujarat's Sai Sudharsan sparkled, CSK's Tushar Deshpande couldn't impress". The Indian Express. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
8. "Sudharsan, Jitesh and Rana added to India's squad for first two T20Is against Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

External links

• Tushar Deshpande at ESPNcricinfo