Anjan Bhattacharjee (25 December 1950 – 5 December 2022) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Bihar from 1970 to 1972. He was deaf.
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| Born | 25 December 1950 Cachar, Assam, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 December 2022 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970-71 to 1972-73 | Bihar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 November 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bhattacharjee was born in Kushiarkul village of Jalalpur Tea Garden in Cachar district, Assam, India.
Bhattacharjee made his first-class debut against Orissa in the Ranji Trophy in December 1970. He took 6 for 26 in the first innings as Orissa were dismissed for 81.[1] P. N. Sundaresan, writing in Wisden, described him as "[playing] the game with great zest and never [sparing] himself whether bowling or fielding".[2]
In the first match of the 1971–72 season Bhattacharjee took 3 for 54 and 7 for 10 against Assam, dismissing them for 32 in the second innings, when they batted two men short.[3] In each of his first two seasons Bihar progressed to the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals. He was less successful in 1972–73, which was his last first-class season.
Although he was no longer playing first-class cricket, Bhattacharjee received the Arjuna Award in 1974, thus becoming the first cricketer of Bengali descent to receive the award.[4] He captained the Indian deaf team against Australia in 1978 and 1985 and against Pakistan in 1982.[5] He later served as President of the Asia Deaf Cricket Federation.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Bihar v Orissa 1970-71". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ Wisden 1972, p. 983.
- ^ "Bihar v Assam 1971-72". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Recipients of various honours from the government of India". BCCI. Archived from the original on 11 September 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Differently-abled cricketers". CocaCola Journey. LIMCA Book of Records. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Vivekanandan elected Senior Vice Chairman, Asia Deaf Cricket Federation". The Island. 16 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Anjan Bhattacharjee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Tribute to Shri Anjan Bhattacharjee". YouTube. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Wisden 2023, p. 207.
External links
edit- Anjan Bhattacharjee at ESPNcricinfo
- Anjan Bhattacharjee at CricketArchive (subscription required)