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Mantu Banerjee      

Full name Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee

Born November 1, 1919, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal

Died September 14, 1992, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal (aged 72 years 318 days)

Major teams India, Bengal

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
First-class 26 44 11 232 31 7.03 0 0 13 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 1 2 306 181 5 4/120 5/181 36.20 3.54 61.2 1 0 0
First-class 26 2142 92 7/50 23.28 5 1
Career statistics
Only Test India v West Indies at Kolkata, Dec 31, 1948 - Jan 4, 1949 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span 1941/42 - 1953/54
Profile

Picked to play his first Test in his hometown of Calcutta in his 30th year, `Montu' Banerjee, a brisk right arm medium pacer relished the familiar conditions and took four for 120 and one for 61, bowling 51 overs in all. In his first spell he dismissed Allan Rae for 15 and D.Atkinson for zero. In a later spell he got the wickets of Christiani and Cameron. In the second innings also he struck early removing Carew. He also held a couple of catches to complete an impressive debut and it was rather surprising that he never got another chance at the international level. In a first class career that lasted from 1941 to 1954, Banerjee took 92 wickets (23.28).(Partab Ramchand)

Country Fixtures Country Results
Group B: Bengal v Saurashtra at Kolkata - Nov 24-27
Saurashtra 650/9d Bengal 319/2
Group A: H. Pradesh v Tamil Nadu at Dharamsala - Nov 24-27
Tamil Nadu 293/8d & 199/5 H. Pradesh 366
Group A: Hyderabad v Orissa at Hyderabad (Decc) - Nov 24-27
Orissa 276 & 84/3 Hyderabad 199
2nd Test: India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur - Nov 24-28
India 642 Sri Lanka 229 & 57/4 (f/o)
Group B: Maharashtra v Karnataka at Poona - Nov 24-27
Maharashtra 105 & 254/5 Karnataka 553/4d
Group A: Punjab v Gujarat at Mohali - Nov 24-27
Gujarat 160 & 227/7 Punjab 444
Group A: Railways v Mumbai at Delhi - Nov 24-27
Railways 187 & 174/7 Mumbai 284
Group B: U. Pradesh v Delhi at Lucknow - Nov 24-27
U. Pradesh 536/7d Delhi 202 & 104/2 (f/o)
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