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'''Sushil Kumar Jain''' known professionally as '''Sushil Doshi''' is an Indian journalist, writer, sports commentator<ref name="Commentary box mein mere sahyogi hai">{{cite web | url=http://sports.ndtv.com/world-cup-2011/blogs/t-s-sudhir/170229-commentary-box-me-mere-sahyogi-hai | title=Commentary box mein mere sahyogi hai | publisher=ND TV | date=8 March 2011 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> and the first [[cricket]] commentator in [[Hindi language|Hindi]].<ref name="Conquering monotony, the Sushil Doshi style">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/conquering-monotony-the-sushil-doshi-style/article8156239.ece | title=Conquering monotony, the Sushil Doshi style | publisher=The Hindu | date=27 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="The guy who keeps Hindi commentary alive in cricket">{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/career-the-guy-who-keeps-hindi-commentary-alive-in-cricket/20150328.htm | title=The guy who keeps Hindi commentary alive in cricket | publisher=ReDiff | date=28 March 2015 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> Born to Niranjanlal and Madan Kunwar at  [[Indore]], in the second largest Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]], he graduated in engineering from [[Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science]] (SGSITS) [[Indore]]<ref name="MP: Commentary legend, photographer get Padmashree award">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/indore/mp-commentary-legend-photographer-get-padmashree-award/story-HgAnYYfvAxU6hSRy5yDpJN.html | title=MP: Commentary legend, photographer get Padmashree award | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=25 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> and started his commentating career in 1968  at the [[Nehru Stadium, Indore|Nehru Stadium]] for a [[Ranji Trophy]] match between Madhya Pradesh and [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="Conquering monotony, the Sushil Doshi style" /> Over the years, he is reported to have covered nine [[Cricket World Cup]]s, 85 [[test cricket|test matches]] and over 400 [[One Day Internationals]], besides several [[Twenty20 Internationals]].<ref name="People used to laugh at the commentary">{{cite web | url=http://www.patrika.com/news/indore/sushil-doshi-commentator-awarded-padma-shri-25415/ | title=People used to laugh at the commentary | publisher=Patrika | date=26 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> His contributions are reported in making cricket commentary in Hindi popular.<ref name="Cricket’s voice Sushil Doshi and photographer Bhalu Mondhe get Padma Shri from MP">{{cite web | url=http://english.pradesh18.com/news/bihar/crickets-voice-sushil-doshi-and-photographer-bhalu-mondhe-get-padma-shri-from-mp-867999.html | title=Cricket’s voice Sushil Doshi and photographer Bhalu Mondhe get Padma Shri from MP | publisher=Pradesh 18 | date=26 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="When commentary got the cricket field into drawing rooms">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/When-commentary-got-the-cricket-field-into-drawing-rooms/articleshow/46248253.cms | title=When commentary got the cricket field into drawing rooms | publisher=Times of India | date=15 February 2015 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> He has also written two books in Hindi on sports, ''Khel Patrakarita'' published in 2003<ref name="Khel Patrakarita">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/9788171198481/Khel-Patrakarita-Sushil-Doshi-Suresh-8171198481/plp | title=Khel Patrakarita | publisher=Radhakrishna Prakashan | author=Sushil Doshi, Suresh Kaushik | year=2003 | pages=134 | isbn=9788171198481}}</ref> and ''Cricket Ka Mahabharat'', published in 2016.<ref name="Cricket Ka Mahabharat">{{cite book | url=http://rajkamalprakashan.com/default/review/product/list/id/4766/category/143/all/ | title=Cricket Ka Mahabharat | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Sushil Doshi | year=2016 | pages=88 | isbn=9788126728305}}</ref>
'''Sushil Kumar Jain''' known professionally as '''Sushil Doshi''' is an Indian journalist, writer, sports commentator<ref name="Commentary box mein mere sahyogi hai">{{cite web | url=http://sports.ndtv.com/world-cup-2011/blogs/t-s-sudhir/170229-commentary-box-me-mere-sahyogi-hai | title=Commentary box mein mere sahyogi hai | publisher=ND TV | date=8 March 2011 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> and the first [[cricket]] commentator in [[Hindi language|Hindi]].<ref name="Conquering monotony, the Sushil Doshi style">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/conquering-monotony-the-sushil-doshi-style/article8156239.ece | title=Conquering monotony, the Sushil Doshi style | work=The Hindu | date=27 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="The guy who keeps Hindi commentary alive in cricket">{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/career-the-guy-who-keeps-hindi-commentary-alive-in-cricket/20150328.htm | title=The guy who keeps Hindi commentary alive in cricket | publisher=ReDiff | date=28 March 2015 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> Born to Niranjanlal and Madan Kunwar at  [[Indore]], in the second largest Indian city of [[Madhya Pradesh]], he graduated in engineering from [[Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science]] (SGSITS) [[Indore]]<ref name="MP: Commentary legend, photographer get Padmashree award">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/indore/mp-commentary-legend-photographer-get-padmashree-award/story-HgAnYYfvAxU6hSRy5yDpJN.html | title=MP: Commentary legend, photographer get Padmashree award | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=25 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> and started his commentating career in 1968  at the [[Nehru Stadium, Indore|Nehru Stadium]] for a [[Ranji Trophy]] match between Madhya Pradesh and [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="Conquering monotony, the Sushil Doshi style" /> Over the years, he is reported to have covered nine [[Cricket World Cup]]s, 85 [[test cricket|test matches]] and over 400 [[One Day Internationals]], besides several [[Twenty20 Internationals]].<ref name="People used to laugh at the commentary">{{cite web | url=http://www.patrika.com/news/indore/sushil-doshi-commentator-awarded-padma-shri-25415/ | title=People used to laugh at the commentary | publisher=Patrika | date=26 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> His contributions are reported in making cricket commentary in Hindi popular.<ref name="Cricket’s voice Sushil Doshi and photographer Bhalu Mondhe get Padma Shri from MP">{{cite web | url=http://english.pradesh18.com/news/bihar/crickets-voice-sushil-doshi-and-photographer-bhalu-mondhe-get-padma-shri-from-mp-867999.html | title=Cricket's voice Sushil Doshi and photographer Bhalu Mondhe get Padma Shri from MP | publisher=Pradesh 18 | date=26 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="When commentary got the cricket field into drawing rooms">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/When-commentary-got-the-cricket-field-into-drawing-rooms/articleshow/46248253.cms | title=When commentary got the cricket field into drawing rooms | publisher=Times of India | date=15 February 2015 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> He has also written two books in Hindi on sports, ''Khel Patrakarita'' published in 2003<ref name="Khel Patrakarita">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/9788171198481/Khel-Patrakarita-Sushil-Doshi-Suresh-8171198481/plp | title=Khel Patrakarita | publisher=Radhakrishna Prakashan | author=Sushil Doshi, Suresh Kaushik | year=2003 | pages=134 | isbn=9788171198481}}</ref> and ''Cricket Ka Mahabharat'', published in 2016.<ref name="Cricket Ka Mahabharat">{{cite book | url=http://rajkamalprakashan.com/default/review/product/list/id/4766/category/143/all/ | title=Cricket Ka Mahabharat | publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan | author=Sushil Doshi | year=2016 | pages=88 | isbn=9788126728305}}</ref>


==Awards and recognitions==
==Awards and recognitions==
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Latest revision as of 07:34, 17 April 2025


Sushil Doshi
President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Sushil Doshi (left) in 2016
Born
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Alma materShri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) Indore
OccupationSports commentator
Writer
Engineer
Known forCricket commentary
AwardsPadma Shri

Sushil Kumar Jain known professionally as Sushil Doshi is an Indian journalist, writer, sports commentator[1] and the first cricket commentator in Hindi.[2][3] Born to Niranjanlal and Madan Kunwar at Indore, in the second largest Indian city of Madhya Pradesh, he graduated in engineering from Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) Indore[4] and started his commentating career in 1968 at the Nehru Stadium for a Ranji Trophy match between Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.[2] Over the years, he is reported to have covered nine Cricket World Cups, 85 test matches and over 400 One Day Internationals, besides several Twenty20 Internationals.[5] His contributions are reported in making cricket commentary in Hindi popular.[6][7] He has also written two books in Hindi on sports, Khel Patrakarita published in 2003[8] and Cricket Ka Mahabharat, published in 2016.[9]

Awards and recognitions[edit | edit source]

The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to sports.[10] The commentators' box at Holkar Stadium, Indore has been named Sushil Doshi Commentators' Box in his honor.[11]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Commentary box mein mere sahyogi hai". ND TV. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Conquering monotony, the Sushil Doshi style". The Hindu. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "The guy who keeps Hindi commentary alive in cricket". ReDiff. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "MP: Commentary legend, photographer get Padmashree award". Hindustan Times. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "People used to laugh at the commentary". Patrika. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cricket's voice Sushil Doshi and photographer Bhalu Mondhe get Padma Shri from MP". Pradesh 18. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "When commentary got the cricket field into drawing rooms". Times of India. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Sushil Doshi, Suresh Kaushik (2003). Khel Patrakarita. Radhakrishna Prakashan. p. 134. ISBN 9788171198481.
  9. ↑ Sushil Doshi (2016). Cricket Ka Mahabharat. Rajkamal Prakashan. p. 88. ISBN 9788126728305.
  10. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Naming 'Sushi Doshi Commentators Box'". YouTube video. MPCA Exclusive. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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