Nirode Chowdhury

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Nirode Chowdhury India (IND)

Batting style	Right-hand bat (RHB)
Bowling type	Right arm off-break, Right-arm medium pace
	Tests	First-class
Matches	2	58
Runs scored	3	419
Batting average	3.00	7.22
100s/50s	0/0	0/1
Top score	3*	50*
Balls bowled	516	8,993
Wickets	1	200
Bowling average	205	25.14
5 wickets in innings	-	10
10 wickets in match	-	2
Best bowling	1/130	7/79
Catches/stumpings	0	22
Test debut: 27 January 1949 Last Test: 2 November 1951 Source: [1]

Nirode Ranjan 'Putu' Chowdhury pronunciation (help·info) ( born May 23, 1923, Jamshedpur, India - died December 14, 1979, Durgapur, India ) was an Indian crickter.

A medium pace bowler, Putu Chowdhury had an outstanding start to his career when he took 11, 9 and 10 wickets in his first three matches. He started his career with Bihar, moved to Bengal where he played most of his cricket and returned to Bihar towards the end of his career.

He made his Test debut against West Indies at Madras in 1948/49. He took only one wicket but brilliantly ran out Everton Weekes who had scored hundreds in his five previous innings, and had reached 90 here [2].

In 1951, he spent some time in Alf Gover's cricket school in England. He subsequently played a Test against England at home without success and toured England in 1952 without playing in a Test.

He was allotted a benefit match which could not be played. He was a coach in the Durgapur steel plant in the later years. His bowling average of 205.00 is the second worst for India, after Sunil Gavaskar's 206.00.