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Ashok Kumar (Benu) Dasgupta (born Kolkata, India, 7 March 1928; died 21 April 2010) was an Indian cricketer. He was active during the 1950s and played for the Bengal and Bihar cricket teams.

Dasgupta was one of the main pillars of Bengal's batting in 1950s and recipient of Kartick Bose Lifetime Achievement Award from The Cricket Association Of Bengal in July 2008.

Career

Dasgupta was right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He appeared with the Bengal cricket team from the 1952/53 season through the 1955/56 season, and played one final season (1956/56) with the Bihar cricket team.

Record

First class batting and fielding career
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct
Overall 18 33 6 778 104 28.81 1 3 14
First class bowling career
Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 5wI 10wM SRate Econ
Overall 884 42 403 16 4-22 25.18 0 0 55.25 2.73

Personal

Dasgupta was born to Shrimati Saibolini Dasgupta and Shri Jitendra Nath Dasgupta (former Chairman of Calcutta Improvement Trust, Founder member of B.E.College of Engineering and an active member of Jadavpur University). He completed his schooling from South Suburban School in South Calcutta. He completed his high school from Ashutosh College. He was a mechanical engineer, a student of Jadavpur University. He worked with Gannon Dunkerly & Co. PVT. LTD.

Married to Shrimati Pranati Dasgupta.

Dasgupta was brother to two other Bengali cricketers of the 1950s: Anil Kumar Dasgupta and Ajit Kumar Dasgupta .

References

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  5. ^ "Cricketing Brothers". Cricjharkhand.org. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  6. ^ http://stats.thecricketer.com/Players/38/38644/38644.html
  7. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". Cricketarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Benu Das Gupta | India Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  10. ^ http://stats.thecricketer.com/Players/38/38644/f_Bowling_by_Season.html

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