Ish Sodhi

Inderbir Singh "Ish" Sodhi (born 31 October 1992) is a New Zealand cricketer who represents the New Zealand national team in all formats, and Northern Districts in domestic cricket.[1] He bowls right-arm leg spin, and bats right-handed. He reached the no.1 ranking for T20I bowlers in January 2018, jumping from no. 10 at the end of the previous year.[2]

Ish Sodhi
Sodhi in 2018
Personal information
Full nameInderbir Singh Sodhi
Born (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
NicknameSodhi Stream
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 262)9 October 2013 v Bangladesh
Last Test24 November 2018 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 187)2 August 2015 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI13 March 2020 v Australia
ODI shirt no.61
T20I debut (cap 64)5 July 2014 v West Indies
Last T20I22 December 2020 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–presentNorthern Districts
2017Adelaide Strikers
2017–2018Nottinghamshire
2018–2019Rajasthan Royals
2018Jamaica Tallawahs
2020St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 17 33 50 81
Runs scored 448 81 75 2,176
Batting average 21.33 7.36 18.75 21.54
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0 0/11
Top score 63 24 16* 82*
Balls bowled 3,186 1,620 1,023 14,770
Wickets 41 43 56 257
Bowling average 48.59 35.06 24.41 34.55
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 14
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 2
Best bowling 4/60 4/58 3/18 7/30
Catches/stumpings 11/– 8/– 11/– 35/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 22 December 2020

Early life

Sodhi was born in Ludhiana, India. He moved to South Auckland, New Zealand with his family when he was four years old. He attended Papatoetoe High School.[3]

Domestic and T20 career

Sodhi made his debut for Northern Districts in the 2012–13 Plunket Shield season.

In 2017, Sodhi was not named in the Test squad against Bangladesh, which enabled him to play for Adelaide Strikers as an injury replacement for Chris Jordan. On 18 January in his third game for the Strikers he ended the match with figures of 6/11 off 3.3 overs to win the match for the Strikers and Man of the Match. These are the second-best figures in Big Bash history after Lasith Malinga's 6/7 from 4 overs between the Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers.[4][5]

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season, with 36 dismissals in seven matches.[6] He was released by the Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.[7] In July 2020, he was named in the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[8][9]

International career

His international debut for New Zealand came in a Test match against Bangladesh during New Zealand's 2013 tour of Bangladesh. He made his Twenty20 International debut against the West Indies in July 2014. In November 2014 Sodhi was selected for a three-test series against Pakistan cricket team. In the first Test, he scored 63, a personal best and the best score by a New Zealand number-ten batsman in Test cricket. Sodhi made his One Day International debut for New Zealand against Zimbabwe on 2 August 2015.[10]

In May 2018, he was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by New Zealand Cricket.[11] In April 2019, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[12][13]

Coaching career

He was appointed as spin consultant and operations executive of Rajasthan Royals.

References
  1. "Players / New Zealand / Ish Sodhi". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  2. "Munro and Sodhi on top of the world". Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. Mark Geenty (14 September 2013), New Black Cap Sodhi in a spin after rapid rise, retrieved 5 June 2018
  4. cricket.com.au (18 January 2017), Sodhi takes six to sink Thunder, retrieved 19 January 2017
  5. MrCricket1760 (12 December 2012), Lasith Malinga 6/7 vs Perth Scorchers 12/12/12, retrieved 19 January 2017
  6. "Plunket Shield, 2018/19: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  7. "Where do the eight franchises stand before the 2020 auction?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  8. "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  10. "New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa, 1st ODI: Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Aug 2, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  11. "Todd Astle bags his first New Zealand contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  12. "Sodhi and Blundell named in New Zealand World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  13. "Uncapped Blundell named in New Zealand World Cup squad, Sodhi preferred to Astle". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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