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India and England players wear black armbands on day 5 of 1st test. (X/BCCI)
India and England players wore black armbands as well as observed a minute’s silence before the start of Day 5 of the 1st Test at Headingly on Tuesday in memory of former spinner Dilip Doshi who passed away on Thursday at 77.
“Both teams are wearing black armbands today in memory of former Indian cricketer Dilip Doshi, who passed away on Monday. The teams also observed a minute’s silence before the start of Day 5,” read a social media post from BCCI.
The former left-arm spinner who played 33 Tests for India career, featured in 238 first-class fixtures including County stints in Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire. He also turned out for Bengal and Saurashtra in Ranji Trophy and ended up with 898 first-class wickets, which included 43 5-wicket hauls. In 33 Tests, he had 114 wickets to his name at an average of 30.71 which was nearly four more than his FC figures. He also featured in 15 ODIs, where he picked up 22 wickets.
Both teams are wearing black armbands today in memory of former Indian cricketer Dilip Doshi, who passed away on Monday.
The teams also observed a minute's silence before the start of Day 5. pic.twitter.com/1npOAo4ihp
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 24, 2025
Doshi’s high point was helping India to a famous win in Melbourne in 1981, which he called it his great moment of his career. “I would say that Karsan Ghavri and I set it up,” he once told The Indian Express. “Kapil helped us to finish it. So I must give a lot of credit to him. I think that is my single greatest cricketing moment,” he had said in 2011.
Garfield Sobers, with whom Doshi shared the dressing room at Nottinghamshire, had said, “Dilip Doshi has an immeasurable knowledge to pass on to those who want to follow his path into professional cricket. He has played at all levels over the world and there can be no one more qualified to talk about the art of spin bowling.”
The Indian and England players also wore black armbands on Day 3 of the first Test at Headingley to pay respect to former England Cricketer, David ‘Syd’ Lawrence, who passed away aged 61. The day’s play began with a moment’s applause in his tribute.
The two sets of players also wore black armbands when they came out for the national anthem before the start of Day 1 of the first Test as a tribute and mark of respect for those who lost their lives in the Air India plane crash last week in Ahmedabad. The players from both teams also observed a minute of silence prior to the respective national anthems.
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