Deep Dasgupta
FullnameDeep Biplab Dasgupta
CountryIndia
Internationaltrue
Internationalspan2001–2002
Birth date7 June 1977 (age 49)
Birth placeCalcutta, West Bengal, India
Testdebutdate3 November
Testdebutyear2001
TestdebutagainstSouth Africa
Testcap238
Lasttestdate11 April
Lasttestyear2002
LasttestagainstWest Indies
Odidebutdate5 October
Odidebutyear2001
OdidebutagainstSouth Africa
Odicap139
Lastodidate19 October
Lastodiyear2001
LastodiagainstSouth Africa
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batsman
Columns4
Column 1Test
Matches 18
Runs 1344
Bat avg 128.67
100s/50s 11/2
Top score 1100
Hidedeliveriestrue
Catches/stumpings 113/0
Column 2ODI
Matches 25
Runs 251
Bat avg 217.00
100s/50s 20/0
Top score 224*
Catches/stumpings 22/1
Column 3FC
Matches 383
Runs 33,806
Bat avg 330.20
100s/50s 36/21
Top score 3171
Catches/stumpings 3190/22
Column 4LA
Matches 453
Runs 4776
Bat avg 422.82
100s/50s 40/3
Top score 465
Catches/stumpings 446/10
Club 1Bengal
Year 11998/99–2009/10
Date19 May
Year2022
Sourcehttps://www.espncricinfo.com/player/deep-dasgupta-28146 ESPNcricinfo

Deep Dasgupta (pronunciation; born 7 June 1977) is a former Indian cricketer who played in eight Test matches and five One Day Internationals between 2001 and 2006 as the national wicketkeeper and was later replaced by Ajay Ratra. He is now a Hindi and English commentator.[citation needed]

He later joined the Indian Cricket League, where he played for the Royal Bengal Tigers. Nowadays he is a commentator.[1]

Early life

Although born in Kolkata and Bengali by birth, Dasgupta grew up in Delhi.[1]

Education

Dasgupta studied at the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi.[citation needed]

Cricket career

Dasgupta started his career as an opening batsman-wicketkeeper. His ability behind the stumps and on the crease placed him to become a reliable member of the Bengal Ranji Squad. [citation needed]

Dasgupta was included in India's squad to South Africa in 2001. His debut series was an eventful one, in which the famous incident involving match referee Mike Denness took place. Dasgupta was one of the six cricketers along with Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Saurav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, and Shiv Sunder Das to be banned by Denness for one Test. While Tendulkar was banned for ball-tampering, Ganguly, the captain, was banned for his 'inability to control the behavior of his team'. The rest, including Dasgupta, were suspended for excessive appealing.[1]

Dasgupta scored a century against England at Mohali in the first Test of the 2001-02 series.[2]

Later he continued with Bengal in the Ranji trophy. Deep Dasgupta has been one of the most successful captains the Bengal Ranji team has ever had. He is only the second captain after Sambaran Banerjee to lead the team to two Ranji Trophy finals in consecutive seasons (06-07). Both times they lost to Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai respectively.[citation needed]

Cricket commentary

Dasgupta is currently a commentator in India and can be seen doing that very often during the Indian Premier League and was also the part of commentary team during the ICC World T20 2016 in India.

Personal life

After a courtship of three years, Dasgupta married Amrita.[1]

References

  1. ^ Chakraborty, Paulami (2016-06-07). "Deep Dasgupta: 10 facts about Bengal captain who led them to two consecutive Ranji Trophy finals". Cricket Country. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. ^ "India vs England, 1st Test, Mohali, December 03 - 06, 2001". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2024.