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Tushar Deshpande

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Tushar Deshpande
Deshpande during the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Personal information
Full name
Tushar Uday Deshpande
Born (1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 31)
Kalyan, Maharashtra, India
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 115)13 July 2024 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I14 July 2024 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no.36
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentMumbai
2020Delhi Capitals
2022–2024Chennai Super Kings
2025-presentRajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 2 36 40 90
Runs scored 0 511 51 51
Batting average 14.19 8.50 7.28
100s/50s 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 123 24 20*
Balls bowled 36 5,154 1,801 1,916
Wickets 2 97 51 124
Bowling average 27.50 29.09 32.86 22.54
5 wickets in innings 0 5 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/25 6/70 5/23 4/13
Catches/stumpings 2/– 11/– 8/– 15/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 April 2025

Tushar Deshpande (born 15 May 1995) is an Indian cricketer who has played for Indian national cricket team. He debuted for Indian team in July 2024 against Zimbabwe.[2] He plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.[3] He is a right-arm medium pace bowler.

In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[4][5] In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.[6] In February 2022, he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[7] He became the first Impact Player in the IPL history.[8] In July 2024, he was included in India's squad for T20 series against Zimbabwe.[9]

References

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  1. Gollapudi, Nagraj (9 September 2024). "Tushar Deshpande: the fast bowler who was told he couldn't be one". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2025. (...) Zaheer Khan - all around six feet. You are just about 5' 10" (...)
  2. "Tushar Deshpande gets India cap". India Today.
  3. "Tushar Deshpande". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  6. "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?". ESPNcricinfo. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  8. "The first Impact Players of IPL 2023: Gujarat's Sai Sudharsan sparkled, CSK's Tushar Deshpande couldn't impress". The Indian Express. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. "Sudharsan, Jitesh and Rana added to India's squad for first two T20Is against Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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