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Nirode Chowdhury      

Full name Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury

Born May 23, 1923, Jamshedpur, Bihar

Died December 14, 1979, Durgapur, Bangla (aged 56 years 205 days)

Major teams India, Bengal, Jharkhand

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 2 2 1 3 3* 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
First-class 58 85 27 419 30* 7.22 0 0 22 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 2 3 516 205 1 1/130 1/130 205.00 2.38 516.0 0 0 0
First-class 58 8993 5029 200 7/79 25.14 3.35 44.9 10 2
Career statistics
Test debut India v West Indies at Chennai, Jan 27-31, 1949 scorecard
Last Test India v England at Delhi, Nov 2-7, 1951 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span 1941/42 - 1958/59
Profile

Nirode Chowdhury, died on December 14, 1979, aged 56, at Durgapur, where he was coach at the local steel plant. Chowdhury, the first Test cricketer from the state of Bihar, was a slightly-built but lively medium-paced off-spinner who played one Test for India in 1948-49 and another one three years later. He was picked to tour England in 1952 but hardly figured. His best analysis came in his first game in the Ranji Trophy, in 1941-42, when he took seven for 79 for Bihar against Bengal.
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Country Fixtures Country Results
Group B: Bengal v Saurashtra at Kolkata - Nov 24-27
Saurashtra 650/9d Bengal 456
Group A: H. Pradesh v Tamil Nadu at Dharamsala - Nov 24-27
Tamil Nadu 293/8d & 318 H. Pradesh 366 & 86/7
Group A: Hyderabad v Orissa at Hyderabad (Decc) - Nov 24-27
Orissa 276 & 243/5d Hyderabad 199 & 116/4
2nd Test: India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur - Nov 24-27
India won by an inns and 144 runs
Group B: Maharashtra v Karnataka at Poona - Nov 24-27
Karnataka won by an inns and 128 runs
Group A: Punjab v Gujarat at Mohali - Nov 24-27
Punjab won by an inns and 32 runs
Group A: Railways v Mumbai at Delhi - Nov 24-27
Railways 187 & 309 Mumbai 284 & 45/0
Group B: U. Pradesh v Delhi at Lucknow - Nov 24-27
U. Pradesh 536/7d Delhi 202 & 237/3 (f/o)
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