Pankaj Roy

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Pankaj Roy India (IND)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	43	185
Runs scored	2442	11868
Batting average	32.56	42.38
100s/50s	5/9	33/50
Top score	173	202*
Balls bowled	104	1146
Wickets	1	21
Bowling average	66.00	30.85
5 wickets in innings	-	1
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	1/6	5/53
Catches/stumpings	16/-	74/-
Test debut: 2 November 1951 Last Test: 2 December 1960 Source: [1]

Pankaj Roy pronunciation (help·info) (31 May 1928-4 February 2001) was an Indian and Bengali cricket player. An opening batsman, he hit five Test centuries for India, with a top score of 173. Together with Vinoo Mankad he established the world record opening partnership of 413 runs, against New Zealand at Chennai. He was honoured with the Padma Shri.