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Former India and Karnataka left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi has been appointed as spin bowling coach of Punjab Kings on Monday, ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season.
Recently, Joshi was a member of the India senior men’s selection committee, where he was initially the chairman in March 2020, before Chetan Sharma replaced him in the five-member panel. He was on the committee till the BCCI appointed a new panel in January 2023.
52-year-old Joshi represented India in 15 Tests and 69 ODIs from 1996 to 2001, picking 41 and 69 wickets respectively. In Tests, he scored 352 runs while in ODIs, he scored 584 runs with the bat. He also represented the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as a player in the 2008 and 2009 seasons of the IPL.
During his playing days, Joshi was a stalwart of Indian domestic side Karnataka through the 1990s and 2000s and played 160 first-class games, 163 List A matches and 15 T20s.
“We are excited to announce that former Indian left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi has been appointed as Punjab Kings’ spin bowling coach,” said the franchise on its Twitter account.
We are excited to announce that former Indian left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi has been appointed as Punjab Kings Spin Bowling Coach. 🤩#SherSquad, let’s give him a warm welcome! 🙏🏽#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #SunilJoshi @SunilJoshi_Spin pic.twitter.com/MN459TEuK5
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) January 16, 2023
Joshi has coached multiple teams like Hyderabad, Jammu & Kashmir, and Assam senior men’s teams in the Ranji Trophy. He had also previously worked as the spin-bowling coach of Oman, Bangladesh and the United States of America men’s teams.
Earlier, in November 2022, Punjab roped in former India opener Wasim Jaffer as their batting coach, ex-South Africa fast-bowler Charl Langeveldt as the bowling coach and former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Brad Haddin as the assistant coach.
In September 2022, they appointed England’s 2019 ODI World Cup winning coach Trevor Bayliss as their head coach, after former India head coach Anil Kumble’s contract was not renewed.
Punjab also made veteran left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan, the captain of the team for IPL 2023 after releasing their 2022 season skipper Mayank Agarwal, who was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Player Auction at Kochi in December last year.
In the previous season, Punjab Kings who are the IPL 2014 runners-up, finished sixth on the points table in the ten-team tournament and missed out on the playoffs despite having an ultra-attacking batting line-up.
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