Raju Mukherjee
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| Full name | Satyabrata Mukherjee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1950 Calcutta, West Bengal, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Debabrata Mukherjee (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1972/73–1981/82 | Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 February 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Satyabrata Mukherjee (born 23 October 1950), better known as Raju Mukherjee, is an Indian former cricket player, coach, selector, match referee and writer. He is the author of the book Eden Gardens: Legend and Romance.
Life and career
Mukherjee played as a right-handed batsman, making 50 first-class appearances in which he scored more than 2000 runs at an average of more than 37. He represented Bengal for ten seasons starting from 1972/73 and also captained the team in some matches. He made his first-class debut for East Zone in the 1972–73 Duleep Trophy. He was the captain of the East Zone team that played against the touring Pakistani team in 1980.[1] Mukherjee's final first class appearance came in December 1981 at the age of 31.[2]
A former coach,[3][4] Mukherjee had previously worked for the Board of Control for Cricket in India as a Talent Resource Development Officer (TRDO) of the Talent Resource Development Wing. Former Bengal captain Prakash Poddar and Mukherjee are regarded as the two TRDOs who first spotted Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2003.[5]
Mukherjee worked as a match referee from the 2006/07 season to the 2012/13 season,[6] officiating in domestic tournaments including the Indian Premier League.[7] He was appointed as the chairman of the senior team selection committee of the Cricket Association of Bengal in 2014,[8] but stepped down from the post in November 2015.[9] In October 2014, Mukherjee released a book authored by himself called Eden Gardens: Legend and Romance, marking the 150th anniversary of Eden Gardens.[10][11]
Mukherjee's elder brother Debabrata Mukherjee (Deb Mukherjee) had also played first-class cricket for Bengal as an opening batsman in the 1960s and 1970s.[12]
References
- ^ "East Zone v Pakistanis in 1979/80". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Raju Mukherjee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ Ugra, Sharda (28 January 2002). "Young, Promising, Undone". India Today. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Sourav Ganguly fans ecstatic over comeback". DNA India. 21 January 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ Rao, K Shriniwas. "Dilip Vengsarkar to push major reforms at NCA". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Raju Mukherjee as Referee in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Raju Mukherjee as Referee in Indian Premier League Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Raju to head Bengal selection committee". The Telegraph. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Raju decision irks Sourav". The Telegraph. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "CAB celebrates 150 years of Eden Gardens". IBNLive. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ Lokapally, Vijay (5 June 2015). "In the Garden of Eden". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Debabrata Mukherjee". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
External links
- Raju Mukherjee at ESPNcricinfo
- Raju Mukherjee at CricketArchive (subscription required)