Subrata Guha
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| Born | 31 January 1946 Calcutta, Bengal, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 November 2003 (aged 57) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 114) | 8 June 1967 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 12 December 1969 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subrata Guha (31 January 1946 – 5 November 2003) was an Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1967 and 1969.[1]
Guha was a medium-fast opening bowler. While he was a 20-year-old student at Calcutta University, he was largely responsible for inflicting the only defeat on the touring West Indians in 1966–67, when he took 4 for 64 and 7 for 49 for a combined Central and East Zones team.[2] He was less successful on the subsequent tour of England, although he played in one of the Tests. He also had little success in three Tests against Australia in 1969–70.[3] However, he continued to bowl successfully for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy, with 209 wickets at an average of 14.61, and best figures of 7 for 18 against Assam in 1972–73.[4][5]
Guha worked for the State Bank of India. He and his wife Neelum married in 1971 and had two sons. One of their sons, Kunal, married the actress Nethra Raghuraman.[6] Guha died suddenly of a heart attack in November 2003, aged 57.[6]
References
- ^ "Subrata Guha". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Combined East & Central v West Indies 1966-67". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Wisden 2004, pp. 1543–44.
- ^ "Assam v Bengal 1972-73". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Subrata Guha". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ a b Mukherjee, Abhishek. "Subrata Guha: Bengal's greatest seamer, lost in era of spin". Cricket Country. Retrieved 23 November 2022.