Anjan Bhattacharjee | |
Country: | India |
Birth Date: | 25 December 1950 |
Birth Place: | Cachar, Assam, India |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
Club1: | Bihar |
Year1: | 1970-71 to 1972-73 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 13 |
Runs1: | 57 |
Bat Avg1: | 7.12 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 13 |
Deliveries1: | 1865 |
Wickets1: | 35 |
Bowl Avg1: | 27.08 |
Fivefor1: | 2 |
Tenfor1: | 1 |
Best Bowling1: | 7/10 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/– |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/27463.html ESPNcricinfo |
Date: | 19 November 2017 |
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.
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]
Bhattacharjee died on 5 December 2022, aged 71.[7] [8]