Sushil Doshi Explained

Sushil Doshi
Birth Place:Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Occupation:Sports commentator
Writer
Engineer
Known For:Cricket commentary
Awards:Padma Shri
Alma Mater:Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) Indore

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. 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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Commentary box mein mere sahyogi hai . ND TV . 8 March 2011 . 28 July 2016.
  2. Web site: Conquering monotony, the Sushil Doshi style . The Hindu . 27 January 2016 . 28 July 2016.
  3. Web site: The guy who keeps Hindi commentary alive in cricket . ReDiff . 28 March 2015 . 28 July 2016.
  4. Web site: MP: Commentary legend, photographer get Padmashree award . Hindustan Times . 25 January 2016 . 28 July 2016.
  5. Web site: People used to laugh at the commentary . Patrika . 26 January 2016 . 28 July 2016.
  6. Web site: Cricket's voice Sushil Doshi and photographer Bhalu Mondhe get Padma Shri from MP . Pradesh 18 . 26 January 2016 . 28 July 2016.
  7. Web site: When commentary got the cricket field into drawing rooms . Times of India . 15 February 2015 . 28 July 2016.
  8. Book: Khel Patrakarita . Radhakrishna Prakashan . Sushil Doshi, Suresh Kaushik . 2003 . 134 . 9788171198481.
  9. Book: Cricket Ka Mahabharat . Rajkamal Prakashan . Sushil Doshi . 2016 . 88 . 9788126728305.
  10. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2016 . 3 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf . 3 August 2017 . dmy-all .
  11. Web site: Naming 'Sushi Doshi Commentators Box' . MPCA Exclusive . YouTube video . 19 February 2013 . 28 July 2016.

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