Nayan Dilip Doshi (born 6 October 1978, Nottingham) is an English

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er, who was released by Derbyshire. He is the son of Dilip Doshi, who is a former Indian Test bowler. Doshi, a left arm spin bowler, first played for

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in June 2004, after already playing for the Indian side Saurashtra in the

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. 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. Doshi then signed a short-term deal with Warwickshire until the end of the 2007 season. Doshi was due to make his debut in Warwickshire's County Championship match against

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on 8 August that year. However, he was unable to do so owing to confusion surrounding the registration process. Doshi was the first bowler in the Twenty20 Cup to take a hat-trick and still finish on the losing side. Nayan Doshi became the oldest player in IPL auction 2021 after Pravin Tambe who was the oldest at the IPL auction 2020.

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Cricinfo page on Nayan Doshi
1978 births Living people English cricketers Saurashtra cricketers Surrey cricketers Buckinghamshire cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Cricketers from Nottingham Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers Rajasthan Royals cricketers English people of Indian descent {{England-cricket-bio-1970s-stub