Pankaj Roy
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Died | 4 February 2001 Kolkata, West Bengal, India | (aged 72)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 54) | 2 November 1951 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 2 December 1960 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 5 March 2017 |
Pankaj Roy (
First-class career
Roy played domestic cricket in India for the Bengal cricket team. He scored a century on his first-class debut in 1946–47 and went on to score 33 hundreds, scoring a total of 11868 first class runs at 42.38.
Test career
When England toured India in 1951, Roy was selected for the Indian squad and made his Test debut at Delhi. Despite making just 12 in his debut innings he scored 2 centuries in the series. The following summer he toured England and had a contrasting series, making 5 ducks in his 7 innings, including
He captained India in a Test match in England in 1959, which India lost.
References
Cited sources
- ^ দাশ, কৌশিক. "Cricket Celebs | বাংলার প্রথম ক্রিকেট যোদ্ধা". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "South Africa set new opening mark". 1 March 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "OUR SPORTSMEN". 123india.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
- ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2014)" (PDF). 15 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Pankaj Roy". www.cricketcountry.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ Basu, Prabhash (6 September 2021). Peekay theWayfarer Tea Planter. p. 16.
- ^ "BCCI honours Indian legends Anshuman Gaekwad and Pankaj Roy". International Cricket Council. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
Further reading
- Mukhopadhyay, Atreyo (4 May 2019). "When Swami Vivekananda claimed seven wickets and other Eden Gardens tales". newindianexpress.com. Kolkata: The New Indian Express. Express News Service. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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