Premangsu Chatterjee

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Premangsu Mohan Chatterjee (10 August 1927 – 12 July 2011) was an Indian first-class cricketer who represented Bengal as a left-arm medium bowler between 1946/47 and 1959/60, taking 134 first class wickets at 17.75. He was born at Cuttack, Orissa and died at Kolkata, West Bengal.^[1]

In January 1957, in a Ranji Trophy match between Assam and Bengal, Chatterjee took 10/20 for Bengal against Assam and took all 10 wickets in Assam's 1st innings.^[2] This remains, as of 2011, the best innings return ever achieved in first-class cricket outside the UK and the third best of all time.^[3]

References

↑ "Former Bengal medium-pacer dies". ESPNcricinfo. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
↑ "Assam v Bengal in 1956/57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
↑ "Nine or More Wickets in an Innings in First-Class Cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2007-05-14.

External links

Player profile: Premangsu Chatterjee from ESPNcricinfo

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Name	Chatterjee, Premangsu
Alternative names
Short description	Indian cricketer
Date of birth	10 August 1927
Place of birth
Date of death	12 July 2011
Place of death

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