Nirode Chowdhury
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Nirode Ranjan "Putu" Chowdhury (May 23, 1923, Jamshedpur, India
- December 14, 1979, Durgapur, India
) was an Indian cricket
er.
A medium pace bowler, Putu Chowdhury had an outstanding start to his career when he took 11, 9 and 10 wickets in his first three matches. In 1944-45, he took a hat-trick
against Bengal Governor's XI in Eden Gardens
which included the wickets of Vinoo Mankad, Mushtaq Ali
and Lala Amarnath
. He started his career with Bihar, moved to Bengal where he played most of his cricket and returned to Bihar towards the end of his career.
He made his Test
debut against the West Indies at Madras in 1948/49. He took only one wicket but brilliantly ran out Everton Weekes
who had scored hundreds in his five previous innings, and had reached 90 here http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/f/17/f17967.html. Weekes cut Vinoo Mankad to gully, started to run and was sent back. Chowdhury sent the throw to wicket keeper Probir Sen
who ran Weekes out.
In 1951, he spent some time in Alf Gover
's cricket school in England. He subsequently played a Test against England at home without success and toured England in 1952 without playing in a Test.
He was allotted a benefit match which could not be played. He was a coach in the Durgapur steel plant in the later years. His bowling average of 205.00 is the second worst for India, after Sunil Gavaskar
's 206.00.
India
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- December 14, 1979, Durgapur, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
) was an Indian cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er.
A medium pace bowler, Putu Chowdhury had an outstanding start to his career when he took 11, 9 and 10 wickets in his first three matches. In 1944-45, he took a hat-trick
Hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
against Bengal Governor's XI in Eden Gardens
Eden Gardens
Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata , India. It is the home of the Bengal cricket team and the Indian Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders, as well as being a Test and One Day International ground. It is the largest cricket stadium in India by seating capacity...
which included the wickets of Vinoo Mankad, Mushtaq Ali
Mushtaq Ali
Syed Mushtaq Ali was a former Indian cricketer, and an aggressive Test batsman. Ali holds the distinction of scoring the first Test century by any Indian overseas, when he hit a ton for the team in 1936 at Manchester in England.A Wisden Special Award winner, he scored four first class hundreds in...
and Lala Amarnath
Lala Amarnath
Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj was an Indian Test cricketer. He was the first cricketer to score a Test century for the Indian cricket team, which he achieved on debut...
. He started his career with Bihar, moved to Bengal where he played most of his cricket and returned to Bihar towards the end of his career.
He made his Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
debut against the West Indies at Madras in 1948/49. He took only one wicket but brilliantly ran out Everton Weekes
Everton Weekes
Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE is a leading former West Indian cricketer. Along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of West Indian cricket.-Youth and early career:...
who had scored hundreds in his five previous innings, and had reached 90 here http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/f/17/f17967.html. Weekes cut Vinoo Mankad to gully, started to run and was sent back. Chowdhury sent the throw to wicket keeper Probir Sen
Probir Sen
Probir Kumar 'Khokhan' Sen was an Indian cricketer who represented his country in 14 Tests from 1948 to 1952....
who ran Weekes out.
In 1951, he spent some time in Alf Gover
Alf Gover
Alfred Richard Gover MBE was an English Test cricketer. He was the mainstay of the Surrey bowling attack during the 1930s and played four Tests before and after the Second World War...
's cricket school in England. He subsequently played a Test against England at home without success and toured England in 1952 without playing in a Test.
He was allotted a benefit match which could not be played. He was a coach in the Durgapur steel plant in the later years. His bowling average of 205.00 is the second worst for India, after Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar is a former cricketer who played during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any...
's 206.00.