This is Alzarri Shaheim. Joseph, who was born on November 20th, 1996, is a cricketer from Antigua who now represents the West Indies in both one-day internationals and tests. The Leeward Islands and the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots are two of the teams that he represents in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-arm fast bowler. He is also a member of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru team, which competes in the Indian Premier League at the moment.
Joseph received the Antigua and Barbuda Sportsman of the Year award in the year 2016. As a member of the West Indies’ under-19 team, Joseph was instrumental in the team’s victory in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2016. While playing for the Leewards in the 2014–15 Regional Four Day Competition, Joseph, who was a member of the West Indies under-19s, made his debut in the first-class competition.
While opening the bowling alongside Gavin Tonge, he achieved his first-ever five-wicket haul in a first-class match against Guyana during the next season. He got five wickets for 99 runs. He grabbed another five-wicket haul, this time against the Windward Islands, and finished with seven wickets and forty-six runs. In December 2015, Joseph was selected to be a member of the West Indies team that would compete in the Under-19 World Cup in 2016, which they ultimately triumphed in.
Throughout the competition, he finished as the highest wicket-taker for his side, with 13 wickets over six matches. He also finished tied for third place overall. His greatest performance came against Zimbabwe, when he scored 4 wickets and 30 runs, earning him the title of man of the match. His inclusion in the West Indies Test team for their series against India took place in July of 2016. In the third match of the series, which took place on August 9, 2016, he made his debut in a test match.
Alzarri Joseph Biography
| Name | Alzarri Joseph |
| Full Name | Alzarri Shaheim Joseph |
| Date of Birth | 20 November 1996 |
| Place of Birth | Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Antiguan |
| Father’s Name | Alva Joseph |
| Mother’s Name | Late Sharon Joseph. |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Bowling |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast |
| ODI Debut | October 2, 2016 vs. Pakistan |
| Test Debut | August 2016 vs. India |
| Favourite Food | Salads and Wraps |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
In the One-Day International (ODI) match that took place on October 2, 2016, he made his debut for the West Indies against Pakistan. Cricket West Indies (CWI) conferred upon him a contract that included all forms of cricket for the 2018–19 season in October 2018. During the second test match that he played against England at the beginning of 2019, he was highly praised.
Joseph continued to participate even though he learned that his mother had passed away following the events of the second day of play. Joseph earned a spot in the West Indies’ Test team in June of 2020, as they were preparing for their series against England. The beginning of the Test series was initially planned to take place in May 2020; however, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the start date was pushed back to July 2020.
On December 5, 2020, Joseph got his first fifty in a test match. He did it by scoring 86 runs in the second innings in a significant defeat to New Zealand for his team. After that, he was selected for the One-Day International squad of 2020 by Cricinfo. During June in the year 2022, Joseph was considered for inclusion in the Twenty20 International (T20I) squad of the West Indies for their series against Bangladesh.
In the month that followed, he was again selected for the Twenty20 International squad of the West Indies, this time for their series against India. He played his first Twenty20 International match for the West Indies on July 29, 2022, against India. After that, he was considered for inclusion in the best XI of the 2022 Cricket Premier League by ESPNcricinfo, as well as the One-Day International squad of 2022 by the International Cricket Council. At the third Twenty20 International match against South Africa on March 28, 2023, Joseph grabbed his first five-wicket haul in Twenty20 Internationals, which contributed to his team’s victory by seven runs.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 22 | 6 | 27 | 15* | 27.00 | 32 | 84.38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7* | – | 12 | 58.33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4* | 5.00 | 7 | 71.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15* | 0.00 | 13 | 115.38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 22 | 434 | 691 | 21 | 6/12 | 32.90 | 9.55 | 20.67 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 58 | 115 | 1 | 1/43 | 115.00 | 11.90 | 58.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 144 | 225 | 7 | 2/27 | 32.14 | 9.38 | 20.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 180 | 264 | 7 | 2/34 | 37.71 | 8.80 | 25.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 52 | 87 | 6 | 6/12 | 14.50 | 10.03 | 8.66 | 0 | 1 |
In March 2019, Joseph was chosen to take Adam Milne’s spot on the Mumbai Indians roster in the Indian Premier League (IPL). On April 6, 2019, he made his debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL) against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. He bowled six wickets and twelve runs, besting Andrew Tye’s five wickets and seventeen runs from 2017 as the surpassing bowling stats for a rookie.
Additionally, they had the greatest bowling stats in the Indian Premier League, surpassing the record that had been held by Sohail Tanvir for eleven years (6/14) and the second-highest T20 bowling figures, following Deepak Chahar’s statistics (6/7). After Andrew Tye, he became just the second player in the history of the Indian Premier League to take five wickets in his first game. The Rajiv Gandhi Stadium continues to hold the record for the greatest bowling statistics in a Twenty20 match.
In July 2019, he was chosen to participate in the first-ever edition of the Euro Twenty20 Slam cricket event as a member of the Amsterdam Knights national team. However, the event was canceled the month after it was scheduled to take place. Ahead of the Indian Premier League auction in 2020, the Mumbai Indians decided to release him. The St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots announced in July 2020 that he will be a member of their team for the Caribbean Premier League in 2020.
He did not sell in the 2021 Indian Premier League auction. The Gujarat Titans were the ones who purchased him during the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition, which took place in February of that year. Throughout the years, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been fortunate enough to have several bowlers of exceptional caliber. Since its inception in 2008, the franchise competition has provided opportunities for several legendary players, like Shane Warne and Dale Steyn, among others.
An outstanding bowling performance may sometimes change the outcome of a game, even though batsmen have traditionally been the most dominant players in Twenty20 cricket. On Tuesday, April 2, Bengaluru will engage in their third home game of the season, which will be against Lucknow. In preparation for their match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the franchise, which has now suffered at least two defeats, has already made one alteration to their starting eleven.
