Ish Sodhi

Sodhi was born in Ludhiana, India into a Punjabi Sikh family. His grandmother hails from Lahore in Pakistan pre-partition. He moved to Papatoetoe, New Zealand, with his family when he was four years old. He attended Papatoetoe High School. ==Domestic and T20 career==

Sodhi made his debut for Northern Districts in the 2012–13 Plunket Shield season. In 2017, Sodhi was not named in the Test squad against Bangladesh, which enabled him to play for Adelaide Strikers as an injury replacement for Chris Jordan. On 18 January, in his third game for the Strikers, he ended the match with figures of 6/11 off 3.3 overs to win the match for the Strikers and Man of the Match. These are the second-best figures in Big Bash history after Lasith Malinga's 6/7 from 4 overs between the Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers. He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season, with 36 dismissals in seven matches. He was released by the Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 2020 IPL auction. In July 2020, he was named in the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League. After 10 seasons with Northern Districts, Sodhi moved to Canterbury in New Zealand domestic competitions from the 2022/2023 season onwards. In June 2023, Sodhi joined Somerset for their Vitality Blast campaign to fill gaps in the squad left by the injuries of Peter Siddle and Roelof van der Merwe. He took three wickets in the final helping Somerset win by 14 runs. ==International career==

His international debut for New Zealand came in a Test match against Bangladesh during New Zealand's 2013 tour of Bangladesh. He made his Twenty20 International debut against the West Indies in July 2014. In November 2014, Sodhi was selected for a three-test series against Pakistan cricket team. In the first Test, he scored 63, a personal best and the best score by a New Zealand number-ten batsman in Test cricket. Sodhi made his One Day International debut for New Zealand against Zimbabwe on 2 August 2015. In May 2018, he was one of the twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by New Zealand Cricket. In April 2019, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In August 2021, Sodhi was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In December 2022, Sodhi was recalled in New Zealand's Test squad after 4 years, for their tour to Pakistan. In the first Test, he picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket, besides scoring his career best 65 runs in the first innings. In May 2024, he was named in New Zealand’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. In October 2025 in a match against Australia, Sodhi became New Zealand's most capped men's player ever in Twenty20 internationals, appearing in his 127th match. ==Personal life==

Sodhi is married to Angelina van Roosmalen. The couple have a daughter. ==References==