Sushil Kumar Jain known professionally as Sushil Doshi is an Indian journalist, writer, sports commentator and the first

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

commentator in

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...

. Born to Niranjanlal and Madan Kunwar at

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

, in the second largest Indian state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...

, he graduated in engineering from Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS)

and started his commentating career in 1968 at the Nehru Stadium for a

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match between Madhya Pradesh and

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

. Over the years, he is reported to have covered nine Cricket World Cups, 85

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and over 400

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, besides several

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. His contributions are reported in making cricket commentary in Hindi popular. He has also written two books in Hindi on sports, ''Khel Patrakarita'' published in 2003 and ''Cricket Ka Mahabharat'', published in 2016.

Awards and recognitions

The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is confe ...

, in 2016, for his contributions to sports. The commentators' box at

Holkar Stadium The Holkar (Pronunciation: �o(ː)ɭkəɾ dynasty was a Maratha clan of Dhangar origin in India. The Holkars were generals under Peshwa Baji Rao I, and later became Maharajas of Indore in Central India as an independent member of the Marath ...

has been named ''Sushil Doshi Commentators' Box'' in his honor.

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* * Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Year of birth missing (living people) Writers from Indore Journalists from Madhya Pradesh Indian sports journalists Indian cricket commentators 20th-century Indian journalists Living people {{India-journalist-stub

Awards and recognitions

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