Sunil Valson

{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1958)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

|name = Sunil Valson

|image =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|10|02|df=y}}

|birth_place = Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

|country = India

|batting = Right-handed

|bowling = Left-arm medium-fast

|club1 = Delhi

|year1 = {{nowrap|1977/78–1985/86}}

|club3 = Railways

|year3 = 1987/88

|club2 = Tamil Nadu

|year2 = 1981/82

|date = 20 January

| year = 2022

|source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/25/25077/25077.html CricketArchive

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport|Men's Cricket}}

{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|ICC Cricket World Cup}}

{{Medal|Winner|1983 England and Wales|}}

}}

Sunil Valson (born 2 October 1958) is an Indian former cricketer who was selected for the 1983 Cricket World Cup but was the only player in the squad who did not play a single match. He represented the state Tamil Nadu in 1981–82. He performed extremely well in that season and got 26 wickets in 5 matches. This performance helped him get selected in the South Zone squad in the Duleep and Deodhar Trophy, he performed well in those tournaments. In the next season he decided to represent Delhi. He performed reasonably well, overall with the performance for Tamil Nadu and Delhi helped him to get the nod for him the World Cup. He was the 12th man during the famous knock of 175 by Kapil Dev. Still, he did not get a chance to represent India. He later played for Railways and was part of the team that reached the 1987 Ranji Trophy Final.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/565459.html |title=Strange appearances |accessdate=10 March 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} He played 75 first-class cricket matches between 1977 and 1988. Valson served as team manager of Delhi Capitals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35650.html |title=Sunil Valson |accessdate=10 March 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.india.com/buzz/ipl-2017-team-captains-coaches-list-of-support-staff-for-all-teams-of-vivo-indian-premier-league-10th-edition-1990235/|title=Coaches and support staff of IPL Teams |accessdate=10 April 2017}}