Anjan Bhattacharjee, Date of Birth

    

Anjan Bhattacharjee

cricketer

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1950

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Anjan Bhattacharjee

  • Anjan Bhattacharjee (born 25 December 1950) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Bihar from 1970 to 1972.
  • He is deaf. 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.
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  • Sundaresan, writing in Wisden, described him as "[playing] the game with great zest and never [sparing] himself whether bowling or fielding".In the first match of the 1971-72 season he took 3 for 54 and 7 for 10 against Assam, dismissing them for 32 in the second innings, when they batted two men short.
  • 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 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.
  • He captained the Indian deaf team against Australia in 1978 and 1985 and against Pakistan in 1982.
  • He later served as President of the Asia Deaf Cricket Federation.

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